säga

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "saga"

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *säkä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäkä. Cognate with Northern Mansi (siɣ, “burbot”).

Noun

säga (genitive säga, partitive säga)

  1. catfish

Declension

Declension of säga (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative säga sägad
accusative nom.
gen. säga
genitive sägade
partitive säga sägasid
illative säkka
sägasse 		sägadesse
inessive sägas sägades
elative sägast sägadest
allative sägale sägadele
adessive sägal sägadel
ablative sägalt sägadelt
translative sägaks sägadeks
terminative sägani sägadeni
essive sägana sägadena
abessive sägata sägadeta
comitative sägaga sägadega

References

Further reading

  • “säga”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish sæghia, sighia, from Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål si, Norwegian Nynorsk seie, Danish sige, German sagen and English say.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²sɛjːa/
  • Audio (Gotland):(file)
  • Rhymes: -²ɛja

Verb

säga (present säger, preterite sade or (informal) sa, supine sagt, imperative säg)

  1. to say
    Jag sa hej till honom
    I said hi to him
    Det är svårt att säga exakt vilket djur det är
    It is hard to say exactly what animal it is
  2. to tell
    Säg mig vad du heter
    Tell me your name
    Säg inte att det är sant!
    Don't tell me / say it's true!
  3. (passive voice) to be said
    Det sägs att det spökar på slottet
    The castle is said to be haunted ("It is said that it is haunted in the castle")

Usage notes

Säga vs. berätta is similar to say vs tell.

Conjugation

Conjugation of säga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive säga sägas
Supine sagt sagts
Imperative säg —
Imper. plural1 sägen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative säger sade, sa sägs, säges sades, sas
Ind. plural1 säga sade, sa sägas sades, sas
Subjunctive2 säge sade, sa säges sades, sas
Participles
Present participle sägande
Past participle sagd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

The past tense forms sa and sas are somewhat informal.

Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

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