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sjá

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See also: sja, sjå, and sją̊

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sjá, séa, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to see, notice).

Pronunciation

Verb

sjá (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative , third-person plural past indicative sáu, supine séð)

  1. to see, to sense or perceive with one's eyes
    Sérðu illa?Nei, ég mjög vel.
    Have you got bad eyesight? — No, I see very well.
  2. to see, to perceive, to spot
    Synonym: koma auga á
  3. to see, to understand
    Synonyms: skilja, botna í
    Þú hlýtur að sjá hvað þetta er asnaleg hugmynd!
    You must see what a stupid idea this is!

Conjugation

More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...

Derived terms

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From earlier sási (attested in runic insriptions), originally the normal declension of + -si. Cognate with Old English þes (English this), Old High German dese (German diese).

Alternative forms

Pronoun

sjá (neuter þetta)

  1. (demonstrative) this, that (referring to both persons and things)
Declension
More information singular, masculine ...
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (to see) (for cognates see there). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to see, notice).

Alternative forms

Verb

sjá (singular past indicative , plural past indicative ságu, , past participle sénn)

  1. to see
Conjugation
More information infinitive, present participle ...
Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sjá”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 363; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sjá

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of vera

Further reading

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