sakna

• Hyphenation: sak‧na

sakna

1. to broach; to begin discussion about something
2. to challenge

From Old Norse sakna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsahkna/
  • Rhymes: -ahkna

sakna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative saknaði, supine saknað)

1. (transitive, with genitive) to miss, to long for
2. (transitive, with genitive) to miss, to lack, to be without

From Old Norse sakna.

• IPA^(key): /²sakna/

sakna (present tense saknar, past tense sakna, past participle sakna, passive infinitive saknast, present participle saknande, imperative sakna/sakn)

1. to miss, lack

   Denne soga saknar like.

   This story lacks a parallel.

2. to be missing

   Tre turistar er sakna i fjellet.

   Three tourists have gone missing in the mountains.

3. to miss, have a longing for something

   Eg saknar familien min.

   I miss my family.

• “sakna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From saka (“to blame, scathe”). Compare Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to dispute, quarrel”).

sakna (singular past indicative saknaða, plural past indicative sǫknuðu, past participle saknaðr)

1. (transitive, with genitive) to miss, feel the loss of

   þá saknar hann hringsins

   Then he misses his ring

• saknaðr
• sakni
• sǫknuðr

• sakna in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• “sakna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Swedish sakna, from Old Norse sakna (“miss”).

• IPA^(key): /sɑːkna/

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sakna (present saknar, preterite saknade, supine saknat, imperative sakna)

1. to miss, to lack, to want, to be without

   Jag saknar dig.

   I miss you.

   Cykeln saknar ett hjul.

   The bicycle lacks a wheel.

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