sella

See also: Sella and sellá

English

Noun

sella (plural sellae)

1. (anatomy) Synonym of sella turcica.

Derived terms

• empty sella syndrome

Asturian

Verb

sella

1. inflection of sellar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈse.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

sella f (plural selles)

1. saddle

Derived terms

• seller
• selló

Further reading

• “sella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: sellas, sellât

Verb

sella

1. third-person singular past historic of seller

Galician

Sella

The fountain (1864), by Dionisio Fierros, depicts women filling their sellas at a fountain

Alternative forms

• senlla, silla

Etymology

Inherited from Latin situla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɟa/ [ˈs̺e.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɟa

Noun

sella f (plural sellas)

1. wooden conical vessel, reinforced with hoops, used for keeping or transporting fresh water

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: sèl‧la

Noun

sella f (plural selle)

1. saddle (horse, bicycle, motorcycle saddle)

Related terms

• sellaio
• sellare
• sellatura
• selleria
• sellificio
• sellino

Etymology 2

Verb

sella

1. inflection of sellare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• sella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

A curule chair (sella curulis) from a 1st-century funerary relief

Alternative forms

• sedda (Old Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-, whence sedeō (“I sit”). The same formation as Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, Proto-Slavic *sedъlo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛl.la]

Noun

sella f (genitive sellae); first declension

1. seat, chair (one that is moveable unlike a sedīle)

   Synonyms: sedes, solium

2. (historical) A kind of open or enclosed sedan chair
3. (Late Latin) saddle
4. stool

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sella	sellae
genitive	sellae	sellārum
dative	sellae	sellīs
accusative	sellam	sellās
ablative	sellā	sellīs
vocative	sella	sellae

Coordinate terms

• lectica, lecticula (litter); lecticarius (litter-bearer)

Derived terms

• bisellium
• duābus sellīs sedeō
• sella curulis
• sella fertoria
• sella gestatoria
• sella muliebris
• sellāris
• sellārius
• sellula

Descendants

• → Albanian: shalë
• Aromanian: shauã
• Asturian: siella, siya
• Catalan: sella
• Dalmatian: siala
• English: sella
• French: selle
• Friulian: siele
• → Hebrew: אסלה (asla)
• Greek: σέλα (séla)
• Italian: sella
• Occitan: sèla
• Old Galician-Portuguese: sela, seela, seella, sella, ssela, ssella
  • Galician: sela
  • Portuguese: sela
• Old Spanish: siella, cella, sella, syella, syellya, sylla
  • Spanish: silla
    • → Cebuano: síya
    • → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: siya
    • → Fala: silla
    • → Galician: silla
    • → Hiligaynon: siya
    • → Ladino: siya
    • → Portuguese: silha
    • → Southeastern Tepehuan: xiir
    • → Tagalog: silya, siya
    • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: siya
• Romanian: șa, șale
• Romansch: sella, siala, seala, sela
• Sardinian: sedha, sedda
• Sicilian: seḍḍa
• Venetan: sela, seła

Further reading

• “sella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "sella", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “sella”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sella”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maltese

Root
s-l-j
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”, also “to pray for somebody, to bless”). Regarding the e-vocalism and the verbal noun tislija there may have been a merger with Arabic سَلَّى (sallā, “to amuse, entertain, comfort”). See the doublet salla for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla

Verb

sella (imperfect jselli, verbal noun tislija)

1. (intransitive, + għal) to greet

   Synonym: sellem

Conjugation

Conjugation of sella (Form II)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sellejt	sellejt	sella	sellejna	sellejtu	sellew
	f			selliet
imperfect	m	nselli	sselli	jselli	nsellu	ssellu	jsellu
	f			sselli
imperative			selli			sellu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sellejtx	sellejtx	selliex	sellejniex	sellejtux	sellewx
	f			sellietx
imperfect	m	nsellix	ssellix	jsellix	nsellux	ssellux	jsellux
	f			ssellix
imperative			tsellix			tsellux

Old English

Etymology

An assimilated form of sēlra.

Adjective

sēlla

1. comparative degree of sēl
2. comparative degree of gōd: better

Declension

Declension of sēlla — Weak only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sēlla	sēlle	sēlle
Accusative	sēllan	sēllan	sēlle
Genitive	sēllan	sēllan	sēllan
Dative	sēllan	sēllan	sēllan
Instrumental	sēllan	sēllan	sēllan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sēllan	sēllan	sēllan
Accusative	sēllan	sēllan	sēllan
Genitive	sēlra, sēllena	sēlra, sēllena	sēlra, sēllena
Dative	sēllum	sēllum	sēllum
Instrumental	sēllum	sēllum	sēllum

Spanish

Verb

sella

1. inflection of sellar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative