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Definitions and meaning of saga
saga
Etymology 1
From Old Norsesaga(“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic*sagǭ(“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-(“to say”).
Cognate with Old Englishsagu(“story, tale, statement”), Old High Germansaga(“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement”), Icelandicsaga(“story, tale, history”), GermanSage(“saga, legend, myth”). More at say; Doublet of saw.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsɑːɡə/
Rhymes: -ɑːɡə
Noun
saga (pluralsagas)
An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latinsaga, plural of sagum.
Noun
saga
plural of sagum
Anagrams
AGAs, Agas, GAAs, agas, saag
Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic*ʃaac-. Cognates include Iraqwslee, Oromosa'a, Sidamosaa, Somalisác and Sahosaga.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /saˈɡa/, [sʌˈɡʌ]
Hyphenation: sa‧ga
Noun
sagáf(masculine sagáytu, plural láam)
cow
Declension
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
Romanization of ᬲᬕ
Catalan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈsa.ɣə]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈsa.ɣa]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Norsesaga, maybe through Englishsaga.
Noun
sagaf (pluralsagues)
saga
(video games) series
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabicسَاقَة(sāqa).
Noun
sagaf (pluralsagues)
back, behind, rear
Derived terms
a la saga
assagar
Further reading
“saga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Faroese
Etymology
From sag(“saw”).
Pronunciation
Homophone: sagað
Verb
saga (third person singular past indicativesagaði, third person plural past indicativesagaðu, supinesagað)
to saw
Conjugation
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *saŋa, variant of *caŋa, from Proto-Oceanic*saŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*saŋa.
Noun
saga
(anatomy) thigh
Finnish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsɑ(ː)ɡɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝(ː)ɡɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑɡɑ
Syllabification(key): sa‧ga
Noun
saga
Alternative spelling of saaga
Declension
French
Etymology
From Old Norsesegja(“to say”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sa.ɡa/
Noun
sagaf (pluralsagas)
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 Norsesaga, from Proto-Germanic*sagǭ.
Noun
sagaf (pluralsagas)
sorceress, witch
an Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends
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 Norsesaga, from Proto-Germanic*sagǭ.
Cognate with Old Englishsagu (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”), Swedishsaga. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.
Compare with segja(“to say, to tell”) and sögn(“a story”).
a female soothsayer, diviner, fortune-teller, prophetess, witch
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Italian: saga
Etymology 2
Adjective
sāga
inflection of sāgus:
singular feminine nominative/vocative
plural neuter nominative/accusative/vocative
Adjective
sāgā
singular feminine ablative of sāgus
Etymology 3
Noun
sagan
nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sagum
Etymology 4
From Old Norsesaga.
Noun
sagaf (genitivesagae); first declension
(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:
Declension
First-declension noun.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
(sagà) IPA(key): [s̪ɐˈɡɐ]
(sãga) IPA(key): [ˈs̪ä̌ːɡɐ]
Etymology 1
Ablaut form of segti(“to fasten, attach”)
Noun
sagàf (pluralsãgos) stress pattern 4
button
sagas įsiūti - to sew buttons on
Declension
Derived terms
(diminutive nouns)sagelė, sagutė
Related terms
(verb)segti
Etymology 2
From Old Norse.
Noun
sagàf (pluralsãgos) stress pattern 2
saga
(in broader sense) story, legend
Declension
Synonyms
(legend):sakmėf
References
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.
From Englishsaga, from Old Norsesaga(“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic*sagǭ(“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European*sekʷe-, *skʷē-(“to tell, talk”).
“saga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
(of sag) sagen
(of sage) saget
(of sage) sagde (simple past)
(of sage) sagd (past participle)
Noun
sagam or f
definite feminine singular of sag
Verb
saga
inflection of sage:
simple past
past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Old Norsesaga, 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
sagaf or m (definite singularsagaenorsagaa, indefinite pluralsagaarorsagaer, definite pluralsagaaneorsagaene)
a saga
Etymology 2
From sag(“saw”) + -a.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /²sɑː.ɡɑ/
Verb
saga (present tensesagar, past tensesaga, past participlesaga, passive infinitivesagast, present participlesagande, imperativesaga/sag)
to saw
Alternative forms
sage(e-infinitive)
såggå(dialectal)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsɑː.ɡɑ/
Noun
sagaf
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 Frisiansage (West Frisianseage), Old Saxonsaga, Middle Dutchsage, saghe (Dutchzaag), Old High German [Term?] (“saga”) (GermanSäge), Old Norsesǫg (Icelandicsög, Danishsav, Swedishsåg).
Alternative forms
sagu
Noun
sagam (nominative pluralsagan)
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
sagam (nominative pluralsagan)
saying; statement
story, tale; narrative
Declension
Related terms
sagu
Etymology 3
Verb
saga
imperative of sagian
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*sagā, from Proto-Germanic*sagǭ. Cognate with Old Englishsagu, Old Norsesaga.
Noun
sagaf
story
Descendants
Middle High German: sage
German: Sage
Luxembourgish: So
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*saga.
Noun
saga
jequirity (Abrus precatorius)
Descendants
> Javanese: ꦱꦒ(saga)(inherited)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*sagǭ. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-(“to say”).
“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 Englishsagu, Old Frisiansege, Old High Germansaga (German Sage), Old Norse saga.
Noun
sagaf
statement, discourse, report
Declension
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Icelandicsaga, from Old Norsesaga, from Proto-Germanic*sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/
Rhymes: -aɡa
Syllabification: sa‧ga
Homophone: Saga
Noun
sagaf
saga(Old Norse Icelandic prose)
saga(long epic story)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
saga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norsesaga.
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -aɡɐ
Hyphenation: sa‧ga
Noun
sagaf (pluralsagas)
saga(Old Norse prose narrative)
(by extension)saga(long, epic story)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchsaga.
Noun
sagaf (uncountable)
saga
Declension
Sasak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*saga.
Noun
saga
jequirity (Abrus precatorius)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Old Norsesaga.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sâːɡa/
Hyphenation: sa‧ga
Noun
sȃgaf (Cyrillic spellingса̑га)
saga
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Norsesaga.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈsaɡa/[ˈsa.ɣ̞a]
Rhymes: -aɡa
Syllabification: sa‧ga
Noun
sagaf (pluralsagas)
saga
Further reading
“saga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sundanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*saga.
Noun
saga
jequirity (Abrus precatorius)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-saga (infinitivekusaga)
to grind, crush, mince
to have sex (of lesbians)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Nominal derivations:
msagaji(“lesbian”)
usagaji(“lesbianism”)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedishsagha, from Old Norsesaga, from Proto-Germanic*sagǭ.
Cognate with Danishsaghæ, Faroesesøga, Norwegian Nynorsksoge, Faroesesøga, Norwegian Nynorsksoge, Jutishsave(“a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report”), Icelandicsaga, Englishsaw, GermanSage. Perhaps related to Lithuanianpasaka.
Pronunciation
Noun
sagac
fairy tale
epic, long story
Sagan om ringen ― The Lord of the Rings (literally, “The tale of the ring”)
Declension
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
Hyphenation: sa‧ga
IPA(key): /ˈsaɡaʔ/, [ˈsa.ɣɐʔ]
Noun
sagà (Baybayin spellingᜐᜄ)
rosary pea; Abrus precatorius(plant and seeds, of which is used to make rosary beads)
Synonyms:bangati, kansasaga
Derived terms
saga-saga
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Norsesaga.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈsɑɡɑ]
Noun
saga (definite accusativesagayı, pluralsagalar)
Old Norse (Icelandic) saga
Declension
West Makian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈs̪a.ɡa/
Noun
saga
branch
junction of paths
References
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics