selja
Estonian edit
Noun edit
selja
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Verb edit
selja (third person singular past indicative seldi, third person plural past indicative selt, supine selt)
- to sell
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of selja (group v-21) | ||
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infinitive | selja | |
supine | selt | |
participle (a7)1 | seljandi | seldur |
present | past | |
first singular | selji | seldi |
second singular | selur | seldi |
third singular | selur | seldi |
plural | selja | seldu |
imperative | ||
singular | sel! | |
plural | seljið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Synonyms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian зе́лье (zélʹje, “potion; (archaic) plant”), so named because elder has (traditionally) been used as a medicinal plant.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
selja
- elder (tree)
Declension edit
Inflection of selja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | selja | seljat | ||
genitive | seljan | seljojen | ||
partitive | seljaa | seljoja | ||
illative | seljaan | seljoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | selja | seljat | ||
accusative | nom. | selja | seljat | |
gen. | seljan | |||
genitive | seljan | seljojen seljainrare | ||
partitive | seljaa | seljoja | ||
inessive | seljassa | seljoissa | ||
elative | seljasta | seljoista | ||
illative | seljaan | seljoihin | ||
adessive | seljalla | seljoilla | ||
ablative | seljalta | seljoilta | ||
allative | seljalle | seljoille | ||
essive | seljana | seljoina | ||
translative | seljaksi | seljoiksi | ||
abessive | seljatta | seljoitta | ||
instructive | — | seljoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “selja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Verb edit
selja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative seldi, supine selt)
- (ditransitive) to sell
- Synonym: versla
- (ditransitive) to hand over
- Synonym: afhenda
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse selja (whence also Swedish sälg), from Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, a variant of *salhô (whence English sallow).
Noun edit
selja f (genitive singular selju, nominative plural seljur)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- steinselja (“parsley, Petroselinum crispum”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
selja m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Alternative forms edit
- selje (e infinitive)
Verb edit
selja (present tense sel, past tense selde, past participle selt, passive infinitive seljast, present participle seljande, imperative sel)
- to sell
- Dei selde mesteparten.
- They sold most of it.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
selja f
References edit
- “selja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Verb edit
selja
- (ditransitive) to hand over, deliver
- (transitive) to sell, part with
Conjugation edit
infinitive | selja | |
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present participle | seljandi | |
past participle | seldr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | sel | selda |
2nd-person singular | selr | seldir |
3rd-person singular | selr | seldi |
1st-person plural | seljum | seldum |
2nd-person plural | selið | selduð |
3rd-person plural | selja | seldu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | selja | selda |
2nd-person singular | selir | seldir |
3rd-person singular | seli | seldi |
1st-person plural | selim | seldim |
2nd-person plural | selið | seldið |
3rd-person plural | seli | seldi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | sel | |
1st-person plural | seljum | |
2nd-person plural | selið |
infinitive | seljask | |
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present participle | seljandisk | |
past participle | selzk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | seljumk | seldumk |
2nd-person singular | selsk | seldisk |
3rd-person singular | selsk | seldisk |
1st-person plural | seljumsk | seldumsk |
2nd-person plural | selizk | selduzk |
3rd-person plural | seljask | seldusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | seljumk | seldumk |
2nd-person singular | selisk | seldisk |
3rd-person singular | selisk | seldisk |
1st-person plural | selimsk | seldimsk |
2nd-person plural | selizk | seldizk |
3rd-person plural | selisk | seldisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | selsk | |
1st-person plural | seljumsk | |
2nd-person plural | selizk |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “selja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, *salhô, whence also English sallow, and by borrowing, Finnish salava.
Noun edit
selja f (genitive selju)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “selja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
selja