sels

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See also: se'ls and sæls

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/
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Noun[edit]

sels m

  1. plural of sel
  2. (plural only) smelling salts

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

sēls

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃

Old Norse[edit]

Noun[edit]

sels

  1. genitive singular of sel
  2. genitive singular of selr

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Frisian self, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

sels

  1. (intensifier) oneself, referring to the subject of a sentence: myself, yourself, itself, ourselves, themselves etc.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
  • “sels (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to zelfs”)

Adverb[edit]

sels

  1. even (extreme example)
Further reading[edit]
  • “sels (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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