selga

See also: selgā

Estonian

Noun

selga

1. partitive singular of selg
2. illative singular of selg

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Livonian sälga (“back; open sea”); compare cognates in other Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish selkä (“back, open water”), Estonian selg (“back”), dialectal sälg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sǣlɡa]

Noun

selga f (4th declension)

1. a deep place, far from the coast (of a sea, big lake, river, etc.); the deep sea; the open sea

   izbraukt selgā ― to go to the deep, open sea; to leave the coast

   kuģis izbraucis selgā ― the ship left the coast (into the open sea)

   vējš pūš no selgas ― the wind is blowing from seaways, from the open sea

Declension

Declension of selga (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	selga	selgas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	selgu	selgas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	selgas	selgu
dative (datīvs)	selgai	selgām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	selgu	selgām
locative (lokatīvs)	selgā	selgās
vocative (vokatīvs)	selga	selgas