Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːːd̥ɑ/
• Hyphenation: saa‧da

Verb

saada

1. Da-infinitive of saama.

   Tahan raha saada.

   I want to get money.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːd̥ɑ/
• Hyphenation: saa‧da

Verb

saada

1. Second-person singular imperative form of saatma.

   Saada see kiri ära.

   Send this letter.

2. Present connegative form of saatma.

Finnish

(index sa)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *saadak, from Pre-Finnic *sëχi-, from Pre-Indo-Iranian *seģ^h-. Cognates include Swedish seger, German sieg, English school and scheme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːdɑˣ/
• Hyphenation: saa‧da
• Rhymes: -ɑːdɑ

Verb

saada

1. (transitive) to get, receive
2. (transitive) saada tietää: to learn, find out, come to know
3. (transitive) to afford; usually in passive (to give forth; yield as natural result)

   Rypäleistä saadaan viiniä, oliiveista öljyä.

   Grapes afford wine, olives afford oil.

4. (transitive, + infinitive; in indicative or conditional mood) to deserve

   Saisit hävetä!

   You deserve to be ashamed!

   You should be ashamed!

5. (transitive, + infinitive) may, to be allowed, to be permitted
6. (transitive, + direct object in accusative + 3rd infinitive in illative) to make (to cause the direct object to be the subject of a verb)

   Saat minut nauramaan.

   You're making me laugh.

7. (colloquial) to get laid (If the partner is mentioned, the partner is in the ablative case (equivalent to "from"))

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to deserve): sietää in indicative or conditional mood, ansaita

Derived terms

• saada aikaan
• saada alkunsa
• adjectives: saamaton
• nouns: saaja, saanti
• verbs: factitive saattaa, passive saapua