sarga

See also: sárga and sargā

Catalan

Alternative forms

• sarguer, sarguera

Etymology

Probably from a Basque *sarika, itself taken from a Celtic root akin to Latin salix (“willow”). Doublet of sàlic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsar.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsaɾ.ɣa]

Noun

sarga f (plural sargues)

1. the bitter willow (Salix eleagnos)
2. a wicker cut from a bitter willow

Further reading

• “sarga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latvian

Verb

sarga

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of sargāt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of sargāt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of sargāt

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɾɡa/ [ˈsaɾ.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɾɡa
• Syllabification: sar‧ga

Etymology 1

Uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin serica, and thus a doublet of jerga. Cf. also French serge, Old French sarge, Old Occitan sarga.

Noun

sarga f (plural sargas)

1. twill

Derived terms

• sarguero

 

Etymology 2

Probably from a Basque *sarika, itself taken from a Celtic root akin to Latin salix (“willow”), and if so a doublet of sauce.

Noun

sarga f (plural sargas)

1. any of a number of plants

Further reading

• “sarga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish sargha. Doublet of såra.

Verb

sarga (present sargar, preterite sargade, supine sargat, imperative sarga)

1. lacerate, wound

Conjugation

Conjugation of sarga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sarga		sargas
Supine	sargat		sargats
Imperative	sarga		—
Imper. plural1	sargen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	sargar	sargade	sargas	sargades
Ind. plural1	sarga	sargade	sargas	sargades
Subjunctive2	sarge	sargade	sarges	sargades
	Participles
Present participle	sargande
Past participle	sargad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• sarga in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• sarga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)