Wiktionary

sel

See also: Sel, SEL, sèl, sêl, šel, -sel, and sel-

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

sel

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Selkup.

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch cel, from Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sel (plural selle)

  1. cell (element of a table)
  2. cell (basic unit of a living organism)
  3. cell (small room, especially in a jail or prison)

Derived termsEdit

CahuillaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

sél

  1. flower

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sel

  1. masculine singular past participle of sít
    Synonym: sil

NounEdit

sel

  1. genitive plural of selo

AnagramsEdit

EstonianEdit

PronounEdit

sel

  1. adessive singular of see
    Synonym: sellel

ExtremaduranEdit

VerbEdit

sel

  1. to be

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French sel, from Old French sel, from Latin sāl, salem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sel m (plural sels)

  1. table salt, i.e. sodium chloride (NaCl)
  2. (chemistry) salt
  3. (in the plural) smelling salts

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Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

IndonesianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Dutch cel (“cell”), from Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛl]
  • Hyphenation: sèl

NounEdit

sèl (first-person possessive selku, second-person possessive selmu, third-person possessive selnya)

  1. cell
    1. a small room or compartment
      1. prison cell
      2. cloister cell
    2. (biology) basic unit of a living organism
    3. the basic unit of a battery

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Further readingEdit

Michoacán NahuatlEdit

NounEdit

sel

  1. ice

Middle EnglishEdit

VerbEdit

sel

  1. Alternative form of sellen

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French sel.

NounEdit

sel m (plural sels)

  1. salt

DescendantsEdit

  • French: sel

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse selr.

NounEdit

sel m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural seler, definite plural selene)

  1. a seal (marine mammal)

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ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse selr.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sel m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural selar, definite plural selane)

  1. (zoology) a seal, pinniped
Derived termsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse sel n, from Proto-Germanic *salją.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sel n (definite singular selet, indefinite plural sel, definite plural sela)

  1. a seter cottage, with sleeping room(s), a kitchen and a dairy storage room
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Etymology 3Edit

From Middle Low German sel (“soul”), as does also ultimately sjel. From Old Saxon sēola, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sel f

  1. a soul; Used only in the expression mi sel (“truly!”).

Etymology 4Edit

From the verb selja (“to sell”).

NounEdit

sel n (definite singular selet, indefinite plural sel, definite plural sela)

  1. (rare) a sale
    Synonym: sal n

VerbEdit

sel

  1. present tense of selja and selje
  2. imperative of selje and selje

Etymology 5Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sel

  1. imperative of sela and sele

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Old EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *sal, from Proto-Germanic *salą, from Indo-European. Cognate with Old High German sal, German Saal (“hall, large room”), Old Saxon sal, Dutch zaal. Compare sele, from a Germanic variant stem.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sel n

  1. Alternative form of sæl (“room, great hall, castle”)
    Heorot, sincfāge sel ― Heorot, (Thou) richly adorned hall!
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sel (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sel salu
accusative sel salu
genitive seles sala
dative sele salum
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See sælig (“blessed, fortunate”)

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

sēl (comparative sēlla, superlative sēlest)

  1. good, noble
    Sōna ic wæs wyrpende and mē sēl wæs. ― Soon I was recovering and I was better.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sēl — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēl sēl sēl
Accusative sēlne sēle sēl
Genitive sēles sēlre sēles
Dative sēlum sēlre sēlum
Instrumental sēle sēlre sēle
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēle sēla, sēle sēl
Accusative sēle sēla, sēle sēl
Genitive sēlra sēlra sēlra
Dative sēlum sēlum sēlum
Instrumental sēlum sēlum sēlum
Declension of sēl — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēla sēle sēle
Accusative sēlan sēlan sēle
Genitive sēlan sēlan sēlan
Dative sēlan sēlan sēlan
Instrumental sēlan sēlan sēlan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēlan sēlan sēlan
Accusative sēlan sēlan sēlan
Genitive sēlra, sēlena sēlra, sēlena sēlra, sēlena
Dative sēlum sēlum sēlum
Instrumental sēlum sēlum sēlum
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ReferencesEdit

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sāl, salem.

NounEdit

sel m (oblique plural seaus or seax or siaus or siax or sels, nominative singular seaus or seax or siaus or siax or sels, nominative plural sel)

  1. salt

DescendantsEdit

Old NorseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *salją, diminutive of either *salą or *saliz.

NounEdit

sel n

  1. shed on a mountain pasture
DeclensionEdit
  Declension of sel (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sel selit sel selin
accusative sel selit sel selin
dative seli selinu seljum seljunum
genitive sels selsins selja seljanna
DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “sel”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

sel

  1. indefinite accusative singular of selr (“seal”)

VerbEdit

sel

  1. inflection of selja (“to sell”):
    1. first-person singular active present indicative
    2. second-person singular active imperative

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سل‎ (sel), a vulgar variant of سیل‎ (seyl), from Arabic سَيْل‎ (sayl).

NounEdit

sel n (plural seluri)

  1. torrent
  2. ditch

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sel
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sel selul (niște) seluri selurile
genitive/dative (unui) sel selului (unor) seluri selurilor
vocative selule selurilor

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • sal (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sāl, sālem, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls.

NounEdit

sel m

  1. (Puter) salt

ScotsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English self, silf, sulf, from Old English self, seolf, sylf, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

NounEdit

sel

  1. self

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *sъlъ, from the same root as sláti.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sə̏l or sə̏ł m anim

  1. messenger

InflectionEdit

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. sel
gen. sing. sla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		sel sla sli
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		sla slov slov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		slu sloma slom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		sla sla sle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		slu slih slih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		slom sloma sli

Tok PisinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English sail.

NounEdit

sel

  1. sail
  2. canvas; tarpaulin
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit

VerbEdit

sel

  1. to sail

Etymology 2Edit

From English shell.

NounEdit

sel

  1. shell
  2. shellfish

Etymology 3Edit

From English cell.

NounEdit

sel

  1. cell (biology)

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish سل‎ (sel), a vulgar variant of سیل‎ (seyl), from Arabic سَيْل‎ (sayl).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæl/
  • Hyphenation: sel

NounEdit

sel (definite accusative seli, plural seller)

  1. flood

Derived termsEdit

sel seli götürmek

ReferencesEdit

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “sel”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2647
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “sel”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2735
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