Noun: saga
Gender: f
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | saga |
| Sg. Def. | sagan |
| Pl. Indef. | sögur |
| Pl. Def. | sögurnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | sögu |
| Sg. Def. | sögunnar |
| Pl. Indef. | sagna |
| Pl. Def. | sagnanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | sögu |
| Sg. Def. | sögunni |
| Pl. Indef. | sögum |
| Pl. Def. | sögunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | sögu |
| Sg. Def. | söguna |
| Pl. Indef. | sögur |
| Pl. Def. | sögurnar |
Sample Sentences
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Segðu mér sögu. (Tell me a story.)
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Saga Japans er mjög áhugaverð. (The history of Japan is very interesting.)
Nouns inflected like saga
þjóðsaga,
smásaga,
dæmisaga,
ævisaga,
fjölmiðlasaga,
atvikssaga,
ýkjusaga,
skáldsaga,
saga,
draugasaga,
Etymology
1. From Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.
2. 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.
3. Compare with segja (“to say, to tell”) and sögn (“a story”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
saga', Old English Nouns '
sagu', Swedish Nouns '
saga'.
Verbs referencing "saga"
English Nouns
saga, Swedish Nouns
saga.
Translations
saw, cut with a saw