sel

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

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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)

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Cahuilla[edit]

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Noun[edit]

sél

  1. flower

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

sel

  1. masculine singular past participle of sít

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

sel

  1. genitive plural of selo

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Extremaduran[edit]

Verb[edit]

sel

  1. to be

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

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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Indonesian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

sɛl (plural, 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. basic unit of a living organism
    3. the basic unit of a battery

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Michoacán Nahuatl[edit]

Noun[edit]

sel

  1. ice

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French sel.

Noun[edit]

sel m (plural sels)

  1. salt

Descendants[edit]

  • French: sel

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse selr.

Noun[edit]

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

  1. a seal (marine mammal)

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse selr.

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Noun[edit]

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

  1. (zoology) a seal, pinniped
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Etymology 2[edit]

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

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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 3[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sel f

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

Etymology 4[edit]

From the verb selja (“to sell”).

Noun[edit]

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

  1. (rare) a sale
    Synonym: sal n

Verb[edit]

sel

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

Etymology 5[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sel

  1. imperative of sela and sele

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Old English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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.

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Noun[edit]

sel n

  1. room, great hall, (large) house, castle
    Heorot, sincfāge sel ― Heorot, richly adorned hall.
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Etymology 2[edit]

See sælig (“blessed, fortunate”)

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Adjective[edit]

sēl (comparative sēlla, superlative sēlest)

  1. good, noble
    Sōna ic wæs wyrpende and mē sēl wæs. ― Soon I was recovering and I was better.
Declension[edit]
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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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin sāl, salem.

Noun[edit]

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

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

sel n

  1. shed on a mountain pasture
Declension[edit]
  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
Descendants[edit]
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sel n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sel n

References[edit]

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

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun[edit]

sel

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

Verb[edit]

sel

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

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

sel m

  1. (Puter) salt

Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

sel

  1. self

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sə̏l or sə̏ł m anim

  1. messenger

Inflection[edit]

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. sel
gen. sing. sla
singular dual plural
nominative sel sla sli
accusative sla sla sle
genitive sla slov slov
dative slu sloma slom
locative slu slih slih
instrumental slom sloma sli

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English sail.

Noun[edit]

sel

  1. sail
  2. canvas; tarpaulin
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Descendants[edit]

Verb[edit]

sel

  1. to sail

Etymology 2[edit]

From English shell.

Noun[edit]

sel

  1. shell
  2. shellfish

Etymology 3[edit]

From English cell.

Noun[edit]

sel

  1. cell (biology)

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

sel

  1. flood

References[edit]

  • 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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