saga

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English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Cognate with Old English sagu (“story, tale, statement”), Old High German saga (“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”), German Sage (“saga, legend, myth”). More at say; Doublet of saw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːɡə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɡə

Noun

saga (plural sagas)

1. An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
2. Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
   • 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0-4 Man City”, in BBC Sport:

     Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.

   • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

     According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

Derived terms

• Aga saga
• saga boy

 

Translations

Old Norse Icelandic prose

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: са́га f (sága)
• Catalan: saga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩迦／萨迦 (zh) (sàjiā)

• Crimean Tatar: saga
• Czech: sága (cs) f
• Danish: saga c
• Esperanto: sagao
• Faroese: søga f
• Finnish: saaga (fi)
• French: saga (fr) f
• Galician: saga f
• German: Saga (de) f
• Hungarian: saga (hu)
• Icelandic: saga (is) f
• Italian: saga (it) f
• Latin: saga f
• Malay: saga
• Polish: saga (pl) f
• Portuguese: saga (pt) f
• Russian: са́га (ru) f (sága)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàga m
• Slovak: sága f
• Slovene: saga (sl) f
• Spanish: saga (es) f
• Swedish: saga (sv) c
• Turkish: saga
• Võro: saaga
• Zazaki: saga

long epic story

• Arabic: مَلحَمَة f (malḥama)
• Bulgarian: сказа́ние (bg) n (skazánie)
• Catalan: saga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tarina (fi), taru (fi), saaga (fi)
• Galician: saga f
• German: Sage (de) f
• Hungarian: monda (hu), rege (hu)
• Icelandic: saga (is) f
• Malay: saga, hikayat
• Polish: saga (pl) f
• Portuguese: saga (pt) f
• Romanian: legendă nordică
• Russian: са́га (ru) f (sága), эпопея (ru) f (epopeja)
• Scottish Gaelic: sàga m
• Slovene: saga (sl) f
• Spanish: saga (es) f
• Turkish: destan (tr)
• Uzbek: doston (uz)
• Zazaki: destan

Etymology 2

From Latin saga, plural of sagum.

Noun

saga

1. plural of sagum

Anagrams

• AGAs, Agas, GAAs, agas, saag

Afar

Saga.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʃaac-. Cognates include Iraqw slee, Oromo sa'a, Sidamo saa, Somali sác and Saho saga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈɡa/ [sʌˈɡʌ]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ga

Noun

sagá f (masculine sagáytu, plural láa m)

1. cow

Declension

Declension of sagá
absolutive	sagá
predicative	sagá
subjective	sagá
genitive	sagá
Postpositioned forms l-case sagál k-case sagák t-case sagát h-case sagáh

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “saga”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Balinese

Romanization

saga

1. Romanization of ᬲᬕ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsa.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsa.ɣa]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse saga, maybe through English saga.

Noun

saga f (plural sagues)

1. saga
2. (video games) series

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سَاقَة (sāqa).

Noun

saga f (plural sagues)

1. back, behind, rear

Derived terms

• a la saga
• assagar

Further reading

• “saga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Old Norse saga.

Noun

saga (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. saga

Declension

Declension of saga

nominative	saga
genitive	saganıñ
dative	sagağa
accusative	saganı
locative	sagada
ablative	sagadan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Faroese

Etymology

From sag (“saw”).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: sagað

Verb

saga (third person singular past indicative sagaði, third person plural past indicative sagaðu, supine sagað)

1. to saw

Conjugation

Conjugation of saga (group v-30)
infinitive	saga
supine	sagað
participle (a6)1	sagandi	sagaður
	present	past
first singular	sagi	sagaði
second singular	sagar	sagaði
third singular	sagar	sagaði
plural	saga	sagaðu
	imperative
singular	saga!
plural	sagið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *saŋa, variant of *caŋa, from Proto-Oceanic *saŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

saga

1. (anatomy) thigh

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ(ː)ɡɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝(ː)ɡɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧ga

Noun

saga

1. Alternative spelling of saaga

Declension

Inflection of saga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		saga	sagat
genitive		sagan	sagojen
partitive		sagaa	sagoja
illative		sagaan	sagoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		saga	sagat
accusative	nom.	saga	sagat
	gen.	sagan
genitive		sagan	sagojen sagain rare
partitive		sagaa	sagoja
inessive		sagassa	sagoissa
elative		sagasta	sagoista
illative		sagaan	sagoihin
adessive		sagalla	sagoilla
ablative		sagalta	sagoilta
allative		sagalle	sagoille
essive		sagana	sagoina
translative		sagaksi	sagoiksi
abessive		sagatta	sagoitta
instructive		—	sagoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of saga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sagani sagani accusative nom. sagani sagani gen. sagani genitive sagani sagojeni sagaini rare partitive sagaani sagojani inessive sagassani sagoissani elative sagastani sagoistani illative sagaani sagoihini adessive sagallani sagoillani ablative sagaltani sagoiltani allative sagalleni sagoilleni essive saganani sagoinani translative sagakseni sagoikseni abessive sagattani sagoittani instructive — — comitative — sagoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sagasi sagasi accusative nom. sagasi sagasi gen. sagasi genitive sagasi sagojesi sagaisi rare partitive sagaasi sagojasi inessive sagassasi sagoissasi elative sagastasi sagoistasi illative sagaasi sagoihisi adessive sagallasi sagoillasi ablative sagaltasi sagoiltasi allative sagallesi sagoillesi essive saganasi sagoinasi translative sagaksesi sagoiksesi abessive sagattasi sagoittasi instructive — — comitative — sagoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sagamme sagamme accusative nom. sagamme sagamme gen. sagamme genitive sagamme sagojemme sagaimme rare partitive sagaamme sagojamme inessive sagassamme sagoissamme elative sagastamme sagoistamme illative sagaamme sagoihimme adessive sagallamme sagoillamme ablative sagaltamme sagoiltamme allative sagallemme sagoillemme essive saganamme sagoinamme translative sagaksemme sagoiksemme abessive sagattamme sagoittamme instructive — — comitative — sagoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative saganne saganne accusative nom. saganne saganne gen. saganne genitive saganne sagojenne sagainne rare partitive sagaanne sagojanne inessive sagassanne sagoissanne elative sagastanne sagoistanne illative sagaanne sagoihinne adessive sagallanne sagoillanne ablative sagaltanne sagoiltanne allative sagallenne sagoillenne essive sagananne sagoinanne translative sagaksenne sagoiksenne abessive sagattanne sagoittanne instructive — — comitative — sagoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sagansa sagansa accusative nom. sagansa sagansa gen. sagansa genitive sagansa sagojensa sagainsa rare partitive sagaansa sagojaan sagojansa inessive sagassaan sagassansa sagoissaan sagoissansa elative sagastaan sagastansa sagoistaan sagoistansa illative sagaansa sagoihinsa adessive sagallaan sagallansa sagoillaan sagoillansa ablative sagaltaan sagaltansa sagoiltaan sagoiltansa allative sagalleen sagallensa sagoilleen sagoillensa essive saganaan saganansa sagoinaan sagoinansa translative sagakseen sagaksensa sagoikseen sagoiksensa abessive sagattaan sagattansa sagoittaan sagoittansa instructive — — comitative — sagoineen sagoinensa

French

Etymology

From Old Norse segja (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ɡa/

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

Noun

saga f (plural sagas)

1. saga

Further reading

• “saga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• agas

Galician

Etymology

From the Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Noun

saga f (plural sagas)

1. sorceress, witch
2. an Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends
3. something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

Etymology 1

From the Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Cognate with Old English sagu (English saw); Old Frisian sege; Old High German saga (German Sage); Old Danish saghæ, Old Swedish sagha, Faroese søga, Nynorsk soge, Jutlandic save (“a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report”), Swedish saga. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.

Compare with segja (“to say, to tell”) and sögn (“a story”).

Noun

saga f (genitive singular sögu, nominative plural sögur)

1. a story

   Segðu mér sögu.

   Tell me a story.

2. a history

   Saga Japans er mjög áhugaverð.

   The history of Japan is very interesting.

3. a saga

Derived terms

terms derived from saga (“a story”)

• ganga eins og í sögu
• koma til sögunnar
• bera vel söguna
• sjón er sögu ríkari
• saga að segja frá
• smásaga

terms derived from saga (“a history”)

• úr sögunni

Etymology 2

From sög (“saw”).

Verb

saga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sagaði, supine sagað)

1. to saw

Conjugation

saga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að saga
supine (sagnbót)		sagað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		sagandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég saga	við sögum	present (nútíð)	ég sagi	við sögum
	þú sagar	þið sagið		þú sagir	þið sagið
	hann, hún, það sagar	þeir, þær, þau saga		hann, hún, það sagi	þeir, þær, þau sagi
past (þátíð)	ég sagaði	við söguðum	past (þátíð)	ég sagaði	við söguðum
	þú sagaðir	þið söguðuð		þú sagaðir	þið söguðuð
	hann, hún, það sagaði	þeir, þær, þau söguðu		hann, hún, það sagaði	þeir, þær, þau söguðu
imperative (boðháttur)	saga (þú)	sagið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	sagaðu	sagiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sagast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að sagast
supine (sagnbót)		sagast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		sagandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég sagast	við sögumst	present (nútíð)	ég sagist	við sögumst
	þú sagast	þið sagist		þú sagist	þið sagist
	hann, hún, það sagast	þeir, þær, þau sagast		hann, hún, það sagist	þeir, þær, þau sagist
past (þátíð)	ég sagaðist	við söguðumst	past (þátíð)	ég sagaðist	við söguðumst
	þú sagaðist	þið söguðust		þú sagaðist	þið söguðust
	hann, hún, það sagaðist	þeir, þær, þau söguðust		hann, hún, það sagaðist	þeir, þær, þau söguðust
imperative (boðháttur)	sagast (þú)	sagist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	sagastu	sagisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

sagaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sagaður	söguð	sagað		sagaðir	sagaðar	söguð
accusative (þolfall)	sagaðan	sagaða	sagað		sagaða	sagaðar	söguð
dative (þágufall)	söguðum	sagaðri	söguðu		söguðum	söguðum	söguðum
genitive (eignarfall)	sagaðs	sagaðrar	sagaðs		sagaðra	sagaðra	sagaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	sagaði	sagaða	sagaða		söguðu	söguðu	söguðu
accusative (þolfall)	sagaða	söguðu	sagaða		söguðu	söguðu	söguðu
dative (þágufall)	sagaða	söguðu	sagaða		söguðu	söguðu	söguðu
genitive (eignarfall)	sagaða	söguðu	sagaða		söguðu	söguðu	söguðu

Etymology 3

Noun

saga

1. indefinite genitive plural of sög

Anagrams

• gasa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay saga, from Proto-Malayic *saga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun

saga (first-person possessive sagaku, second-person possessive sagamu, third-person possessive saganya)

1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: sà‧ga

Etymology 1

From Old Norse saga.

Noun

saga f (plural saghe)

1. saga

Etymology 2

From Latin sāga.

Noun

saga f (plural saghe)

1. (obsolete, literary) witch

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

saga

1. singular feminine of sago

Anagrams

• gasa

Japanese

Romanization

saga

1. Rōmaji transcription of さが

Javanese

Romanization

saga

1. Romanization of ꦱꦒ

Latin

Etymology 1

Substantivisation of the female form of sāgus (“soothsaying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ɡa/, [ˈs̠äːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/, [ˈsäːɡä]

Noun

sāga f (genitive sāgae); first declension

1. a female soothsayer, diviner, fortune-teller, prophetess, witch
2. knowledgeable people, especially elderly women
3. (metonymically) magic, magical phenomena or practitioners, supernatural events

Declension

First-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sāga	sāgae
genitive	sāgae	sāgārum
dative	sāgae	sāgīs
accusative	sāgam	sāgās
ablative	sāgā	sāgīs
vocative	sāga	sāgae

Descendants

• Italian: saga
• → Translingual: Saga

Etymology 2

Adjective

sāga

1. inflection of sāgus:
   1. singular feminine nominative/vocative
   2. plural neuter nominative/accusative/vocative

Adjective

sāgā

1. singular feminine ablative of sāgus

Etymology 3

Noun

saga n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sagum

Etymology 4

From Old Norse saga.

Noun

saga f (genitive sagae); first declension

1. (New Latin) saga
   • Saxonis Grammatici Historia danica. Recensuit et commentariis illustravit Dr. Petrus Erasmus Müller. Opus morte Mülleri interruptum absolvit Mag. Joannes Matthias Velschow, pars posterior, 1858, p. lxii:

     ... ratiocinari licet, Saxonem nullas scriptas sagas Islandicas ante oculos habuisse.

     ... it may be inferred that Saxo had not encountered any written Icelandic sagas.

Declension

First-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	saga	sagae
genitive	sagae	sagārum
dative	sagae	sagīs
accusative	sagam	sagās
ablative	sagā	sagīs
vocative	saga	sagae

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (sagà) IPA^(key): [s̪ɐˈɡɐ]
• (sãga) IPA^(key): [ˈs̪ä̌ːɡɐ]

Etymology 1

Ablaut form of segti (“to fasten, attach”)

Noun

sagà f (plural sãgos) stress pattern 4

1. button

   sagas įsiūti - to sew buttons on

Declension

Declension of sagà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	sagà	sãgos
genitive (kilmininkas)	sagõs	sagų̃
dative (naudininkas)	sãgai	sagóms
accusative (galininkas)	sãgą	sagàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	sagà	sagomìs
locative (vietininkas)	sagojè	sagosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	sãga	sãgos

Derived terms

• (diminutive nouns) sagelė, sagutė

Related terms

• (verb) segti

Etymology 2

From Old Norse.

Noun

sagà f (plural sãgos) stress pattern 2

1. saga
2. (in broader sense) story, legend

Declension

Declension of sagà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	sagà	sãgos
genitive (kilmininkas)	sãgos	sãgų
dative (naudininkas)	sãgai	sãgoms
accusative (galininkas)	sãgą	sagàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	sagà	sãgomis
locative (vietininkas)	sãgoje	sãgose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	sãga	sãgos

Synonyms

• (legend): sakmė f

Anagrams

• gasa

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /saɡə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /saɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡə, -ɡə, -ə

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *saga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun

saga (Jawi spelling ساݢ, plural saga-saga, informal 1st possessive sagaku, 2nd possessive sagamu, 3rd possessive saganya)

1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Etymology 2

From English saga, from Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (“to tell, talk”).

Noun

saga (Jawi spelling ساݢ, plural saga-saga, informal 1st possessive sagaku, 2nd possessive sagamu, 3rd possessive saganya)

1. saga (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
2. saga (long epic story)

Further reading

• “saga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sagen (of sag)
• saget (of sage)
• sagde (of sage, simple past)
• sagd (of sage, past participle)

Noun

saga m or f

1. definite feminine singular of sag

Verb

saga

1. inflection of sage:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Norse saga, whence also the modern doublets soga, sogu and soge (all with -o- from the oblique sǫgu). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.ɡɑ/

Noun

saga f or m (definite singular sagaen or sagaa, indefinite plural sagaar or sagaer, definite plural sagaane or sagaene)

1. a saga

Etymology 2

From sag (“saw”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɑː.ɡɑ/

Verb

saga (present tense sagar, past tense saga, past participle saga, passive infinitive sagast, present participle sagande, imperative saga/sag)

1. to saw

Alternative forms

• sage (e-infinitive)
• såggå (dialectal)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.ɡɑ/

Noun

saga f

1. definite singular of sag

References

• “saga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• gaas, gasa, saag

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈsɑ.ɣɑ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô (“saw, scythe”), *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-, *sēik- (“to cut”).

Cognate with Old Frisian sage (West Frisian seage), Old Saxon saga, Middle Dutch sage, saghe (Dutch zaag), Old High German [Term?] (“saga”) (German Säge), Old Norse sǫg (Icelandic sög, Danish sav, Swedish såg).

Alternative forms

• sagu

Noun

saga m (nominative plural sagan)

1. saw (tool)

Descendants

• Middle English: sawe
  • Scots: seg
  • English: saw
    • Sranan Tongo: sa

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (“to tell, talk”). More at saw.

Noun

saga m (nominative plural sagan)

1. saying; statement
2. story, tale; narrative

Declension

Declension of saga (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	saga	sagan
accusative	sagan	sagan
genitive	sagan	sagena
dative	sagan	sagum

Related terms

• sagu

Etymology 3

Verb

saga

1. imperative of sagian

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. Cognate with Old English sagu, Old Norse saga.

Noun

saga f

1. story

Descendants

• Middle High German: sage
  • German: Sage
  • Luxembourgish: So

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun

saga

1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦒ (saga) (inherited)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Noun

saga f (genitive sǫgu, plural sǫgur)

1. story, history, legend, saga

Declension

  Declension of saga (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	saga	sagan	sǫgur	sǫgurnar
accusative	sǫgu	sǫguna	sǫgur	sǫgurnar
dative	sǫgu	sǫgunni	sǫgum	sǫgunum
genitive	sǫgu	sǫgunnar	sagna	sagnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: saga f
• Faroese: søga f
• Norn: saga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: soge, soga, sogu; (dialectal) søgu, søge, sugu, soggo, soka
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: soge m or f
• Jamtish: sugu
• Old Swedish: sagha
  • Swedish: saga
    • → Finnish: saaga
• Old Danish: saghæ
  • Danish: sage c (archaic)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sage m
  • Jutish: save c
• Gutnish: sage, sagå
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: saga f
• → Norwegian Bokmål: saga m
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: saga m or f
• → English: saga
  • → Afrikaans: saga
• → German: Saga
• → Kildin Sami: соа̄гк (såågk)

References

• “saga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sagā. Cognate with Old English sagu, Old Frisian sege, Old High German saga (German Sage), Old Norse saga.

Noun

saga f

1. statement, discourse, report

Declension

Declension of saga (feminine ō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	saga	saga
accusative	saga	saga
genitive	saga, sagu, sago	sagono
dative	sagu, sago, saga	sagon, sagum, sagun
instrumental	—	—

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: sa‧ga
• Homophone: Saga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Icelandic saga.

Noun

saga f (related adjective sagowy)

1. saga (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
2. saga (long epic story)

Declension

Declension of saga

	singular	plural
nominative	saga	sagi
genitive	sagi	sag
dative	sadze	sagom
accusative	sagę	sagi
instrumental	sagą	sagami
locative	sadze	sagach
vocative	sago	sagi

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

saga f

1. (Far Masovian) corner; side

   Weźta ten bal i przewalta na sage. ― Take that ball and throw it aside into the corner.

Further reading

• saga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “saga”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 121

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡɐ/ [ˈsa.ɣɐ]

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧ga

Noun

saga f (plural sagas)

1. saga (Old Norse prose narrative)
2. (by extension) saga (long, epic story)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French saga.

Noun

saga f (uncountable)

1. saga

Declension

declension of saga (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) saga	sagaua
genitive/dative	(unei) -	-i
vocative

Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun

saga

1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâːɡa/
• Hyphenation: sa‧ga

Noun

sȃga f (Cyrillic spelling са̑га)

1. saga

Declension

Declension of saga

	singular	plural
nominative	saga	sage
genitive	sage	saga
dative	sagi	sagama
accusative	sagu	sage
vocative	sago	sage
locative	sagi	sagama
instrumental	sagom	sagama

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɡa/ [ˈsa.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: sa‧ga

Noun

saga f (plural sagas)

1. saga

Further reading

• “saga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun

saga

1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-saga (infinitive kusaga)

1. to grind, crush, mince
2. to have sex (of lesbians)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -saga
Positive present -nasaga Subjunctive -sage Negative -sagi Imperative singular saga
Infinitives
Positive kusaga Negative kutosaga
Imperatives
Singular saga Plural sageni
Tensed forms
Habitual husaga Positive past positive subject concord + -lisaga Negative past negative subject concord + -kusaga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasaga) Singular Plural 1st person ninasaga/nasaga tunasaga 2nd person unasaga mnasaga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasaga wanasaga other classes positive subject concord + -nasaga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sagi) Singular Plural 1st person sisagi hatusagi 2nd person husagi hamsagi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasagi hawasagi other classes negative subject concord + -sagi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasaga Negative future negative subject concord + -tasaga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sage) Singular Plural 1st person nisage tusage 2nd person usage msage 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asage wasage other classes positive subject concord + -sage
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisage Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesaga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesaga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisaga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisaga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asaga) Singular Plural 1st person nasaga twasaga 2nd person wasaga mwasaga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asaga wasaga m-mi(III/IV) wasaga yasaga ji-ma(V/VI) lasaga yasaga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasaga vyasaga n(IX/X) yasaga zasaga u(XI) wasaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasaga pa(XVI) pasaga mu(XVIII) mwasaga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesaga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasaga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasaga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisaga "If not" positive subject concord + -siposaga Consecutive kasaga / positive subject concord + -kasaga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasage
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisaga -tusaga 2nd person -kusaga -wasaga/-kusageni/-wasageni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msaga -wasaga m-mi(III/IV) -usaga -isaga ji-ma(V/VI) -lisaga -yasaga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisaga -visaga n(IX/X) -isaga -zisaga u(XI) -usaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusaga pa(XVI) -pasaga mu(XVIII) -musaga Reflexive -jisaga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -saga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -sagaye -sagao m-mi(III/IV) -sagao -sagayo ji-ma(V/VI) -sagalo -sagayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sagacho -sagavyo n(IX/X) -sagayo -sagazo u(XI) -sagao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -sagako pa(XVI) -sagapo mu(XVIII) -sagamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -saga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesaga -osaga m-mi(III/IV) -osaga -yosaga ji-ma(V/VI) -losaga -yosaga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosaga -vyosaga n(IX/X) -yosaga -zosaga u(XI) -osaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosaga pa(XVI) -posaga mu(XVIII) -mosaga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • msagaji (“lesbian”)
  • usagaji (“lesbianism”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sagha, from Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Cognate with Danish saghæ, Faroese søga, Norwegian Nynorsk soge, Faroese søga, Norwegian Nynorsk soge, Jutish save (“a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report”), Icelandic saga, English saw, German Sage. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

saga c

1. a fairy tale

   Jag brukar natta barnen genom att läsa sagor för dem

   I usually put my kids to bed by reading them fairy tales

   sagan om Hans och Greta

   the story of [fairy tale about] Hansel and Gretel

   i sagans värld

   in the land of fairy tales ["in the fairy tale's world" – idiomatic]

2. (figuratively) a story, a tale (more generally)

   Synonym: historia

   Den tragiska sagan om kändisen

   The tragic story of the celebrity

3. a saga

   Völsungasagan

   the Saga of the Völsungs

   Sagan om ringen

   The Lord of the Rings

   (literally, “The saga about the ring”)

Declension

Declension of saga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	saga	sagas
	definite	sagan	sagans
plural	indefinite	sagor	sagors
	definite	sagorna	sagornas

Derived terms

• godnattsaga
• sagoland
• sagovärld

Descendants

• → Finnish: saaga

References

• saga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• saga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• saga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• agas

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɡaʔ/ [ˈsaː.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧ga

Noun

sagà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄ)

1. rosary pea; Abrus precatorius (plant and seeds, of which is used to make rosary beads)

   Synonyms: bangati, kansasaga

Derived terms

• saga-saga

Anagrams

• gasa, agas, gaas

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɑɡɑ]

Noun

saga (definite accusative sagayı, plural sagalar)

1. Old Norse (Icelandic) saga

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	saga
Definite accusative	sagayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saga	sagalar
Definite accusative	sagayı	sagaları
Dative	sagaya	sagalara
Locative	sagada	sagalarda
Ablative	sagadan	sagalardan
Genitive	saganın	sagaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular sagam sagalarım 2nd singular sagan sagaların 3rd singular sagası sagaları 1st plural sagamız sagalarımız 2nd plural saganız sagalarınız 3rd plural sagaları sagaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular sagamı sagalarımı 2nd singular saganı sagalarını 3rd singular sagasını sagalarını 1st plural sagamızı sagalarımızı 2nd plural saganızı sagalarınızı 3rd plural sagalarını sagalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular sagama sagalarıma 2nd singular sagana sagalarına 3rd singular sagasına sagalarına 1st plural sagamıza sagalarımıza 2nd plural saganıza sagalarınıza 3rd plural sagalarına sagalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular sagamda sagalarımda 2nd singular saganda sagalarında 3rd singular sagasında sagalarında 1st plural sagamızda sagalarımızda 2nd plural saganızda sagalarınızda 3rd plural sagalarında sagalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular sagamdan sagalarımdan 2nd singular sagandan sagalarından 3rd singular sagasından sagalarından 1st plural sagamızdan sagalarımızdan 2nd plural saganızdan sagalarınızdan 3rd plural sagalarından sagalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular sagamın sagalarımın 2nd singular saganın sagalarının 3rd singular sagasının sagalarının 1st plural sagamızın sagalarımızın 2nd plural saganızın sagalarınızın 3rd plural sagalarının sagalarının

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪a.ɡa/

Noun

saga

1. branch
2. junction of paths

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics