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Svaga Weak Accusative Plural Null Wikt Etymology Initial

The Esperanto word 'svaga' means 'unclear' or 'vague'. It is an adjective derived from various European languages, including the Latin 'vagus'.

La vorto 'svaga' en Esperanto signifas 'neklara' aŭ 'vaga'. Ĝi estas adjektivo derivita el diversaj eŭropaj lingvoj, inkluzive de la latina 'vagus'.

Frequency Rank of Word 4933
Word svaga
Meanings
    vague
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vague
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
vague
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vague#French
,
German
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language
vage
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vage#German
,
English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
vague
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vague#English
, all from
Latin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin
vagus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vagus#Latin

The initial s- is of unclear origin, probably added to avoid collision with

vagi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vagi#Esperanto
, possibly inspired by
Italian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language
svagare
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svagare#Italian
(amuse, distract) and
svagato
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svagato#Italian
(absent-minded, distracted), or by
Swedish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language
svag
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svag#Swedish
(weak),
Danish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language
svag
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svag#Danish
(weak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈsvaɡa/
  • Rhymes:
    -aɡa

Adjective

svaga (accusative singular

svagan
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svagan#Esperanto
, plural
svagaj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svagaj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
svagajn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svagajn#Esperanto
)

  1. vague
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vague

Derived terms

  • svage
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/svage#Esperanto

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