selur
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Icelandic
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse selr, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Cognate with English seal.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]selur m (genitive singular sels, nominative plural selir)
- (an animal) a seal
Declension
[edit]| Declension of selur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m-s2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | selur | selurinn | selir | selirnir |
| accusative | sel | selinn | seli | selina |
| dative | seli | selinum | selum | selunum |
| genitive | sels | selsins | sela | selanna |
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- að verða ekki um sel
- blöðruselur (hooded seal, bladdernose)
- eyjaselur (grey seal)
- granselur (bearded seal, squareflipper seal)
- grænselur (grey seal)
- haustselur (grey seal)
- kampselur (bearded seal, squareflipper seal)
- landselur (common seal, harbour seal)
- láturselur (common seal, harbour seal)
- skötuselur (Alaska blackfish, angler, anglerfish, blackfish, bullmouth, devilfish, devilray, frogfish, goosefish, grassfish, horned ray, monk, monkfish)
- útselur (grey seal)
- útskerjaselur (grey seal)
- verða ekki um sel
- vetrarselur (grey seal)
- vigraselur (grey seal)
- vorselur (common seal, harbour seal)
- vöðuselur (Greenland seal, harp seal, sortside)
- vöðuselur (grey seal)
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːlʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːlʏr/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Phocid seals