säga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "saga"

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *säkä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäkä. Cognate with Mansi [script needed] (siɣ, burbot).

Noun

säga (genitive säga, partitive säga)

  1. catfish

Declension

References

Further reading

  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), säga”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)

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/
  • (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")

Conjugation

The past tense forms sa and sas are somewhat informal.

Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

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