Selma
See also: šelma
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, from Germanic ans "god" and helm "helmet". It is a place name in the Poems of Ossian, but at least a part of the name-givers must have been aware of the Turkish name Selma, ultimately of Arabic origin.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Selma
- A female given name.
- 1765 James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz 1847, page 253:
- Happy are thy people, O Fingal! king of resounding Selma!
- 1765 James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz 1847, page 253:
- A surname.
- A city in Alabama, USA, and the county seat of Dallas County.
- A city in California
- A town in Indiana
- A town in North Carolina
- A community in Nova Scotia, Canada
- A village in Switzerland
- A city in Texas
- A census-designated place in Virginia
TranslationsEdit
female given name
AnagramsEdit
- EMALS, Lemas, Salem, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamés, leams, males, meals, melas, mesal, semla
DanishEdit
FaroeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Selma f
- A female given name
Usage notesEdit
Matronymics
- son of Selma: Selmuson
- daughter of Selma: Selmudóttir
DeclensionEdit
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Selma |
| Accusative | Selmu |
| Dative | Selmu |
| Genitive | Selmu |
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Selma
- A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Selma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Selma | Selmat | |
| genitive | Selman | Selmojen | |
| partitive | Selmaa | Selmoja | |
| illative | Selmaan | Selmoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Selma | Selmat | |
| accusative | nom. | Selma | Selmat |
| gen. | Selman | ||
| genitive | Selman | Selmojen Selmainrare |
|
| partitive | Selmaa | Selmoja | |
| inessive | Selmassa | Selmoissa | |
| elative | Selmasta | Selmoista | |
| illative | Selmaan | Selmoihin | |
| adessive | Selmalla | Selmoilla | |
| ablative | Selmalta | Selmoilta | |
| allative | Selmalle | Selmoille | |
| essive | Selmana | Selmoina | |
| translative | Selmaksi | Selmoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Selmoin | |
| abessive | Selmatta | Selmoitta | |
| comitative | — | Selmoineen | |
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EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish Selma), from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).
Proper nounEdit
Selma f (Cyrillic spelling Селма)
- A female given name