såg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sag"

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

såg

1. past tense of sjå

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːɡ/

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• Rhymes: -oːɡ

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sagh, saagh (Late Old Swedish), from Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

såg c

1. saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
2. sawmill

Declension

Declension of såg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	såg	sågs
	definite	sågen	sågens
plural	indefinite	sågar	sågars
	definite	sågarna	sågarnas

Related terms

• bandsåg
• cirkelsåg
• fogsvans
• motorsåg
• såga
• sågning
• sågtand
• sågtandad

 

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish sā, from *sah. The final -g was added to sā under influence of the Old Swedish plural form sāgho. See se.

Verb

såg

1. past indicative of se

Further reading

• såg in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• gås