sarga

• sarguer, sarguera

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

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

sarga f (plural sargues)

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

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

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

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

Uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin serica,^[1] and thus a doublet of jerga. Cf. also French serge, Old French sarge, Old Occitan sarga.

sarga f (plural sargas)

1. twill

Probably from a Basque *sarika, itself taken from a Celtic root akin to Latin salix (“willow”),^[2] and if so a doublet of sauce.

sarga f (plural sargas)

1. any of a number of plants

• “sarga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Inherited from Old Swedish sargha. Doublet of såra.

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

1. lacerate, wound

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