Estonian edit

Etymology edit

A contraction of selle asemel et. Created in the 1930s as an artificial stem. See see, ase, and et

Adverb edit

selmet (not comparable)

  1. (dated, uncommon) instead of

Usage notes edit

selmet (and by extension, selle asemel et) is mostly followed by a -da infinitive or a verb in the conditional. (either directly after it or not)

Related terms edit