søga

See also: soga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (“to tell, talk”). Cognate with Old English sagu (“story, tale, statement”), Old High German saga (“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsøːva]

Noun

søga f (genitive singular søgu, plural søgur)

  1. story, saga, tale
  2. history
  3. science of history
  4. history book
  5. history lesson

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative søga søgan søgur søgurnar
accusative søgu søguna søgur søgurnar
dative søgu søguni søgum søgunum
genitive søgu søgunnar søga søganna
  • bókmentasøga (“history of literature”)
  • bygdarsøga (“history of a village”)
  • fornsøga (“ancient history”)
  • forsøga (“previous history”)
  • framhaldssøga (“serial story”)
  • heimssøga (“world history”)
  • kærleikssøga (“love story”)
  • myndasøga (“strip”)
  • skaldsøga (“novel”)
  • søgubók (“history book; story-book”)
  • søgufalsan (“falsification of history”)
  • søgufrøði (“science of history”)
  • søguligur (“historical”)

Further reading

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