sel

sel

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sel"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Selkup.

Symbol

sel

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Selkup.

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛl/

Noun

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)

Derived terms

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *səɬ. Related to the root zel (to become warm).

Noun

sel

  1. sweat

References

  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 455

Cahuilla

Alternative forms

Noun

sél

  1. flower

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛl]
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Participle

sel

  1. masculine singular past active participle of sít
    Synonym: sil

Noun

sel

  1. genitive plural of selo

Anagrams

Estonian

Pronoun

sel

  1. adessive singular of see
    Synonym: sellel

Extremaduran

Verb

sel

  1. to be

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: sel

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ser. Compare Portuguese ser and Galician ser.

Verb

sel

  1. to be
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese sair, from Latin salīre (to leap), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥-ye-. Compare Galician saír and Spanish salir.

Verb

sel

  1. to leave
Conjugation

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 404

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

sel m (plural sels)

  1. table salt, i.e. sodium chloride (NaCl)
  2. (chemistry) salt
  3. (in the plural) smelling salts
  4. (figurative) spice

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: sèl

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch cel (cell), from Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

Pronunciation

Noun

sèl (plural sel-sel)

  1. cell
    1. a small room or compartment
      1. prison cell
      2. cloister cell
    2. (biology) basic unit of a living organism
    3. (chemistry, electricity, physics) the basic unit of a battery
Derived terms
  • sel adipose
  • sel air
  • sel anak
  • sel argentafin
  • sel B
  • sel badai guntur
  • sel bahan bakar
  • sel basal
  • sel batang
  • sel beban
  • sel berhubungan
  • sel bibir
  • sel D
  • sel darah
  • sel darah merah
  • sel darah putih
  • sel dendritik
  • sel elektrokimia
  • sel elektrolisis
  • sel embrio
  • sel enteroendokrin
  • sel epitel
  • sel fotovoltaik
  • sel G
  • sel germinal
  • sel getah
  • sel glandular
  • sel glia
  • sel goblet
  • sel Hadley
  • sel haploid
  • sel hibridoma
  • sel inang
  • sel induk
  • sel induk megaspora
  • sel isolasi
  • sel kecambah
  • sel kelamin
  • sel keranjang
  • sel kering
  • sel kerucut
  • sel kipas
  • sel klonogenik
  • sel konduktivitas
  • sel konveksi
  • sel Kupffer
  • sel labil
  • sel Langerhans
  • sel meridional
  • sel Merkel
  • sel NK
  • sel nutfah
  • sel olfaktori
  • sel Paneth
  • sel pembunuh alami
  • sel pengasingan
  • sel pengawal
  • sel pengiring
  • sel penjaga
  • sel penuh
  • sel penutup
  • sel perawat
  • sel permanen
  • sel punca
  • sel Purkinje
  • sel raksasa
  • sel ratu
  • sel Reed-Sternberg
  • sel saraf
  • sel Schwann
  • sel sertoli
  • sel skuamosa
  • sel solar
  • sel somatik
  • sel sporogen
  • sel stabil
  • sel surya
  • sel T
  • sel T pembantu
  • sel T pembunuh
  • sel T pengatur
  • sel T sitotoksik
  • sel telur
  • sel tumor
  • sel udara
  • sel volta

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cel, clipping of celluloid.

Pronunciation

Noun

sèl (plural sel-sel)

  1. cel: a piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a frame of an animated film

Further reading

Michoacán Nahuatl

Noun

sel

  1. ice

Middle English

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old English sǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, in turn from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /seːl/, /sɛ̝ːl/

    Noun

    sel (uncountable)

    1. Good fortune, prosperity, luck:
      1. Happiness, tranquility, bliss.
      2. (rare) Friendliness, understanding.
    2. A moment or duration; a unit of time.
    Descendants
    References

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Old English seol, seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, in turn from Proto-Germanic *selhaz.

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /sɛl/, /sɛ̞ːl/
      • IPA(key): /sɛlx/ (Early Scots)

      Noun

      sel (plural seles)

      1. seal (pinniped)
      Descendants
      References

      Etymology 3

        Borrowed from Anglo-Norman seel.

        Alternative forms

        Noun

        sel (plural sels)

        1. seal (stamp)
        Descendants
        References

        Etymology 4

        Verb

        sel

        1. alternative form of sellen

        Middle French

        Etymology

        Inherited from Old French sel.

        Noun

        sel m (plural sels)

        1. salt

        Descendants

        Norwegian Bokmål

        Etymology

        From Old Norse selr.

        Noun

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

        1. a seal (marine mammal)

        See also

        References

        Norwegian Nynorsk

        Etymology 1

        From Old Norse selr.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /seːl/
        • Homophone: sæl

        Noun

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

        1. (zoology) a seal, pinniped
        Derived terms
        • blåsel
        • ekte sel
        • fjordsel
        • grønlandssel
        • gråsel
        • pelssel
        • ringsel
        • selfangar
        • selfangst
        • selkjøt
        • selkjøtt
        • selskinn
        • selspekk
        • selunge
        • ungsel
        • øyresel
        See also

        Etymology 2

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

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /seːl/
        • Homophone: sæl

        Noun

        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
        Derived terms
        • innsel
        • utsel

        Etymology 3

        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

        • IPA(key): /seːl/
        • Homophone: sæl

        Noun

        sel f

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

        Etymology 4

        From the verb selja (to sell).

        Noun

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

        1. (rare) a sale
          Synonym: sal n

        Verb

        sel

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

        Etymology 5

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /seːl/
        • Homophone: sæl

        Verb

        sel

        1. imperative of sela and sele

        References

        Anagrams

        Old English

        Etymology 1

        From Proto-West Germanic *sal, 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.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /sel/

        Noun

        sel n

        1. alternative form of sæl (room, great hall, castle)
          Heorot, sincfāge selHeorot, (Thou) richly adorned hall!
        Declension

        Strong a-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative sel salu
        accusative sel salu
        genitive seles sala
        dative sele salum
        Descendants

        Etymology 2

        From Proto-Germanic *sāliz. See sǣliġ (blessed, fortunate).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /seːl/

        Adjective

        sēl (comparative sēlra or sēlla, superlative sēlest)

        1. good, noble
          Sōna ic wæs wyrpende and mē sēl wæs.Soon I was recovering and I was better.
        Declension
        • medsēlþ

        References

        Old French

        Etymology

        Inherited from Latin salem. Cognate with Old Spanish sal f and Old Galician-Portuguese sal m.

        Noun

        sel oblique singularm (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

        Descendants

        Old Irish

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈsʲel/

        Etymology 1

        From Proto-Celtic *swelos (a turn).

        Noun

        sel m

        1. a turn, a time, a while
        Declension
        Masculine o-stem
        singular dual plural
        nominative sel selL silL
        vocative sil selL seluH
        accusative selN selL seluH
        genitive silL sel selN
        dative selL selaib selaib
        Initial mutations of a following adjective:
        • H = triggers aspiration
        • L = triggers lenition
        • N = triggers nasalization
        Quotations
        • c.800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15d9
          Non cogitare tola et accobra in betha, act cach la sel dún for imrádud Dé, in sel aile for precept. Ar seirc Dǽ do·gníam cechtarde.
          Not to think of the wishes and desires of the world, but it is for us to be at one time meditating on God, at another time preaching. For love of God we do each of the two.
        Derived terms
        Descendants

        Mutation

        Mutation of sel
        radical lenition nasalization
        sel phel, fel sel

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Further reading

        Etymology 2

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Verb

        ·sel

        1. third-person singular future conjunctive of slaidid

        Mutation

        Mutation of sel
        radical lenition nasalization
        sel ṡel sel

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Old Norse

        Etymology 1

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

        Noun

        sel n

        1. shed on a mountain pasture
        Declension
        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
        • Icelandic: sel
        • Norwegian: sel
          • Danish: sæl
            • Norwegian Bokmål: sel
        • Old Swedish: *sæl (only in compounds, e.g. sælia boþ)

        Further reading

        • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sel”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

        Etymology 2

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Noun

        sel

        1. indefinite accusative singular of selr (seal)

        Verb

        sel

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

        Romanian

        Etymology

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

        Noun

        sel n (plural seluri)

        1. torrent
        2. ditch

        Declension

        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative sel selul seluri selurile
        genitive-dative sel selului seluri selurilor
        vocative selule selurilor

        Romansh

        Alternative forms

        Etymology

        From Latin sāl, sālem, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

        Noun

        sel m

        1. (Puter) salt

        Scots

        Etymology

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

        Noun

        sel

        1. self

        Slovene

        Etymology

        From Proto-Slavic *sъlъ, from the same root as sláti. First attested in the 10th century.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /sə́l/, /sə́ʋ/

        Noun

        sə̏l or sə̏ł m anim

        1. messenger

        Declension

        The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
        Masculine anim., hard o-stem
        nom. sing. sel
        gen. sing. sla
        singular dual plural
        nominative
        (imenovȃlnik)
        sel sla sli
        genitive
        (rodȋlnik)
        sla slov slov
        dative
        (dajȃlnik)
        slu sloma slom
        accusative
        (tožȋlnik)
        sla sla sle
        locative
        (mẹ̑stnik)
        slu slih slih
        instrumental
        (orọ̑dnik)
        slom sloma sli

        Tok Pisin

        Etymology 1

        From English sail.

        Noun

        sel

        1. sail
        2. canvas; tarpaulin
        Derived terms
        • haus sel
        Descendants

        Verb

        sel

        1. to sail

        Etymology 2

        From English shell.

        Noun

        sel

        1. shell
        2. shellfish

        Etymology 3

        From English cell.

        Noun

        sel

        1. cell (biology)

        Turkish

        Etymology

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

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈsæl/
        • Hyphenation: sel

        Noun

        sel (definite accusative seli, plural seller)

        1. flood
          Synonym: seyelan

        Derived terms

        • sel seli götürmek

        References

        • 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[4], 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[5], Vienna, column 2735

        Uzbek

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic سَيْل (sayl).

        Noun

        sel (plural sellar)

        1. downpour
        2. flash flood

        Yola

        Etymology

        From Middle English sele, from Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /se̞l/

        Noun

        sel

        1. seal (animal)

        Derived terms

        References

        • Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review[6], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 160