saga

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

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin saga, plural of sagum.

Noun

saga

1. plural of sagum

Anagrams

• AGAs, Agas, GAAs, agas, saag

Afar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sagá f (masculine sagáytu, plural láa m)

1. 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Balinese

Romanization

saga

1. Romanization of ᬲᬕ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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 , plural )

1. saga

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Faroese

Etymology

From sag (“saw”).

Pronunciation

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• Homophone: sagað

Verb

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

1. to saw

Conjugation

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/,
• Rhymes: -ɑɡɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧ga

Noun

saga

1. Alternative spelling of saaga

Declension

French

Etymology

From Old Norse segja (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ɡa/

• Audio (CAN)

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Noun

saga f (plural sagas)

1. saga

Further reading

• “saga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 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

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

saga

Wikipedia ^is

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

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From sög (“saw”).

Verb

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

1. to saw

Conjugation

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) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.ɡa/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/,

Noun

sāga f (genitive sāgae); first declension

1. a female soothsayer, diviner, fortune-teller, prophetess, witch

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: 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.

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• (sagà) IPA^(key):
• (sãga) IPA^(key):

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

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

Synonyms

• (legend): sakmė f

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.

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

saga

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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/,

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 (“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

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

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), соагк (sågk)

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

saga

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic saga, from Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/

• Audio

  (file)

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

Noun

saga f

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• saga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation

• 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

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: sa‧ga

Noun

saga f (plural sagas)

1. 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

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

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. fairy tale

   Jag brukar natta barnen genom att läsa sagor för dem.

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

2. 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɡaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: 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

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

saga

Wikipedia ^tr

Etymology

From Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

saga (definite accusative sagayı, plural sagalar)

1. Old Norse (Icelandic) saga

Declension

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, Pacific linguistics