selja
See also: Selja
Estonian
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Verb
selja (third person singular past indicative seldi, third person plural past indicative selt, supine selt)
- to sell
Conjugation
| Conjugation of selja (group v-21) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | selja | |
| supine | selt | |
| participle (a7)1 | seljandi | seldur |
| present | past | |
| first singular | selji | seldi |
| second singular | selur | seldi |
| third singular | selur | seldi |
| plural | selja | seldu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | sel! | |
| plural | seljið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian зе́лье (zélʹje, “potion; (archaic) plant”), so named because elder has (traditionally) been used as a medicinal plant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseljɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞ljɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -eljɑ
- Syllabification(key): sel‧ja
Declension
| Inflection of selja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | selja | seljat | ||
| genitive | seljan | seljojen | ||
| partitive | seljaa | seljoja | ||
| illative | seljaan | seljoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | selja | seljat | ||
| accusative | nom. | selja | seljat | |
| gen. | seljan | |||
| genitive | seljan | seljojen seljainrare | ||
| partitive | seljaa | seljoja | ||
| inessive | seljassa | seljoissa | ||
| elative | seljasta | seljoista | ||
| illative | seljaan | seljoihin | ||
| adessive | seljalla | seljoilla | ||
| ablative | seljalta | seljoilta | ||
| allative | seljalle | seljoille | ||
| essive | seljana | seljoina | ||
| translative | seljaksi | seljoiksi | ||
| abessive | seljatta | seljoitta | ||
| instructive | — | seljoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “selja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛlja/
- Rhymes: -ɛlja
Etymology 1
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse selja (whence also Swedish sälg), from Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, a variant of *salhô (whence English sallow).
Declension
Derived terms
- steinselja (“parsley, Petroselinum crispum”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Alternative forms
- selje (e infinitive)
Verb
selja (present tense sel, past tense selde, past participle selt, passive infinitive seljast, present participle seljande, imperative sel)
- to sell
- Dei selde mesteparten.
- They sold most of it.
References
- “selja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Conjugation
Conjugation of selja — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive | selja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | seljandi | |
| past participle | seldr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | sel | selda |
| 2nd-person singular | selr | seldir |
| 3rd-person singular | selr | seldi |
| 1st-person plural | seljum | seldum |
| 2nd-person plural | selið | selduð |
| 3rd-person plural | selja | seldu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | selja | selda |
| 2nd-person singular | selir | seldir |
| 3rd-person singular | seli | seldi |
| 1st-person plural | selim | seldim |
| 2nd-person plural | selið | seldið |
| 3rd-person plural | seli | seldi |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | sel | |
| 1st-person plural | seljum | |
| 2nd-person plural | selið | |
Conjugation of selja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
| infinitive | seljask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | seljandisk | |
| past participle | selzk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | seljumk | seldumk |
| 2nd-person singular | selsk | seldisk |
| 3rd-person singular | selsk | seldisk |
| 1st-person plural | seljumsk | seldumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | selizk | selduzk |
| 3rd-person plural | seljask | seldusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | seljumk | seldumk |
| 2nd-person singular | selisk | seldisk |
| 3rd-person singular | selisk | seldisk |
| 1st-person plural | selimsk | seldimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | selizk | seldizk |
| 3rd-person plural | selisk | seldisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | selsk | |
| 1st-person plural | seljumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | selizk | |
Descendants
References
- “selja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, *salhô, whence also English sallow, and by borrowing, Finnish salava.
Declension
Descendants
References
- “selja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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