Saga

From Fresh Dictionary

See also säga, såga

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 2 Fijian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Icelandic 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 4 Latin 4.1 Noun 5 Lithuanian 5.1 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Inflections

English

Etymology

From Old Norse (Icelandic) saga, cognate with English saw.

Pronunciation

IPA: /'sɑ:gə/

Noun

Singular saga

Plural sagas

1. An Old Norse prose narrative of Iceland or Norway, especially dealing with family or social histories and legends
2. Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.

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Fijian

Etymology

Common Oceanian *sanga

Noun

saga

1. thigh

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Icelandic

Etymology

Old Norse.

Noun

saga f. (plural sögur)

1. story
2. history

Declension

	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	saga	sagan	sögur	sögurnar
Accusative	sögu	söguna	sögur	sögurnar
Dative	sögu	sögunni	sögum	sögunum
Genitive	sögu	sögunnar	sagna	sagnanna

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Latin

Noun

sāg·a f 1st declension

1. a female sage, fortune-teller

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Lithuanian

Noun

saga

1. button

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Swedish

Noun

saga

1. fairy tale
2. epic, long story

Inflections

Inflections of saga	Common
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite form	Definite form	Indefinite form	Definite form
Nominative	saga	sagan	sagor	sagorna
Genitive	sagas	sagans	sagors	sagornas

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