*sagjaną

Runic: ᛊᚨᚷᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsɑɣ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 3

Meanings

to say

Etymology

Either from Proto-Indo-European eye-iterative or eye-intensive *sokʷ-éye-ti, or innovated stative *sokʷ-h₁-yé-ti, both from *sekʷ- (‘to say’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	sagjō	sagjaų	–
2nd singular	sagaisi	sagjais	sagai
3rd singular	sagaiþi	sagjai	sagjaþau
1st dual	sagjōs	sagjaiw	–
2nd dual	sagjaþiz	sagjaiþiz	sagjaþiz
1st plural	sagjamaz	sagjaim	–
2nd plural	sagaiþ	sagjaiþ	sagaiþ
3rd plural	sagjanþi	sagjain	sagjanþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	–	–
2nd singular	–	–
3rd singular	–	–
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	–	–
2nd plural	–	–
3rd plural	–	–

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	sagdǭ	sagdēdį̄
2nd singular	sagdēz	sagdēdīz
3rd singular	sagdē	sagdēdī
1st dual	sagdēdū	sagdēdīw
2nd dual	sagdēdudiz	sagdēdīdiz
1st plural	sagdēdum	sagdēdīm
2nd plural	sagdēdud	sagdēdīd
3rd plural	sagdēdun	sagdēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
sagjaną	sagjandz	sagdaz

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Descendants

*saggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- seggen (Old Dutch)
  - seggen (Middle Dutch)
    - zègke (Limburgish)
*saggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- seggen (Old Dutch)
  - seggen (Middle Dutch)
    - zeggen (Dutch)
      - sê (Afrikaans)
      - seg, seggen, sèè (Javindo)
      - sääxxe (Jersey Dutch)
      - sehhen (Petjo)
*saggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- seċġan (Old English)
  - seggen, seyen, sayen (Middle English)
    - say (English)
    - say, sa (Scots)
*saggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sedza, sidza (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - sizze (West Frisian)
*saggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sagēn (Old High German)
  - sagen (Middle High German)
    - sogn, sågn, song, soon, sång (Bavarian)
    - sage (Central Franconian)
    - sagen (German)
    - soen (Luxembourgish)
    - ziön (Vilamovian)
    - זאָגן (zogn) (Yiddish)
*saggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sagēn (Old High German)
  - sagen (Middle High German)
    - säge (Alemannic German)
      - soeje, sawe, sàge (Alsatian)
      - sägä, séege, ŝchegi, ŝchége (Walser)
*saggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sagēn (Old High German)
  - sagen (Middle High German)
    - säge (Alemannic German)
      - ? (Swabian)
        
        sage (Sathmar Swabian)
*saggjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- seggian (Old Saxon)
  - seggen (Middle Low German)
    - seggen (Low German)
segja (Old Norse)
- saja (Elfdalian)
- siga (Faroese)
- segja (Icelandic)
- segi (Jamtish)
- seia, segja (Norwegian Nynorsk)
segja (Old Norse)
- sæghiæ, sighæ (Old Danish)
  - siğa, sæğa (Scanian)
segja (Old Norse)
- sæghiæ, sighæ (Old Danish)
  - sige (Danish)
    - si (Norwegian Bokmål)
segja (Old Norse)
- segia (Old Gutnish)
  - säge (Gutnish)
segja (Old Norse)
- sæghia, sighia (Old Swedish)
  - säga (Swedish)

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