selch

Scots

Alternative forms

• sealch
• sealgh
• saylch
• silch
• sulch

Etymology

From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛlx/

Noun

selch (plural selchs)

1. grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
2. common seal (Phoca vitulina)

Derived terms

• selkie (diminutive)

Further reading

• “selch” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.