Cebuano

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • Hyphenation: sak‧na

Verb

edit

sakna

  1. to broach; to begin discussion about something
  2. to challenge

Icelandic

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Norse sakna.

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

sakna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative saknaði, supine saknað)

  1. (transitive, with genitive) to miss, to long for
  2. (transitive, with genitive) to miss, to lack, to be without

Conjugation

edit

Norwegian Nynorsk

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Norse sakna.

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

sakna (present tense saknar, past tense sakna, past participle sakna, passive infinitive saknast, present participle saknande, imperative sakna/sakn)

  1. to miss, lack
    Denne soga saknar like.
    This story lacks a parallel.
  2. to be missing
    Tre turistar er sakna i fjellet.
    Three tourists have gone missing in the mountains.
  3. to miss, have a longing for something
    Eg saknar familien min.
    I miss my family.

References

edit

Old Norse

edit

Etymology

edit

From saka (to blame, scathe). Compare Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, to dispute, quarrel).

Verb

edit

sakna (singular past indicative saknaða, plural past indicative sǫknuðu, past participle saknaðr)

  1. (transitive, with genitive) to miss, feel the loss of
    þá saknar hann hringsins
    Then he misses his ring

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Icelandic: sakna
  • Faroese: sakna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sakna
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sakne
  • Old Swedish: sakna
  • Old Danish: saghnæ, saknæ

References

edit
  • sakna in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • sakna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Norse sakna.

Verb

edit

sakna

  1. (transitive, with genitive) to miss, feel the loss of

Conjugation

edit

Descendants

edit

Swedish

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Swedish sakna, from Old Norse sakna (miss).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /sɑːkna/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

edit

sakna (present saknar, preterite saknade, supine saknat, imperative sakna)

  1. to miss, to lack, to want, to be without
    Jag saknar dig.
    I miss you.
    Cykeln saknar ett hjul.
    The bicycle lacks a wheel.

Conjugation

edit

Anagrams

edit