sjå

See also: sjá and sją̊

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”). Akin to English see.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃoː/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

sjå (present tense ser, past tense såg, past participle sett, passive infinitive sjåast, present participle sjåande, imperative sjå)

  1. to see
    Eg kan ikkje sjå det.
    I cannot see it.
  2. to look

sjå ut som

  1. to look like, appear
    Det ser ut som det blir regn.
    It looks like it will rain.

Derived terms

See also
  • se (Bokmål)

References

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -oː

Noun

sjå n

  1. bother, trouble
    Jag har fullt sjå med a laga huset.
    I have my hands full with repairing the house.

Usage notes
  • Rarely seen outside the expression "ha fullt sjå" = "have one's hands full".

Declension
Declension of sjå 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sjå sjået — —
Genitive sjås sjåets — —
  • sjåa
  • sjåare

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse sjá, or related to skjá, skjár. Compare si.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃóː/, [ʂʲóː] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -óː

Verb

sjå (preterite sjådd, supine sjått)

  1. To shine through a matter.[1]
    Hä sjådd göning grannkläninga hennars på unnerkjoln.
    It shone through her nice dress on her underskirt.

References
  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “sjå”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 572
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