сель

See also: сэль and Appendix:Variations of "sel"

Ket

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Ketic *sēˑlʌ (bad).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [seˑlʲ˧], [seˑɮʲ˧]

Adjective

сель (sēlʲ)

  1. bad

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *seλʌ (reindeer), possibly an old compound word.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲɛl̥ʲ˥˩], [sʲɛɬʲ˥˩]

Noun

сель (sèlʲm (plural сеʼн)

  1. reindeer
Usage notes
  • Central and Northern Ket varieties use сээле and сээли respectively.

References

  1. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 774
  2. ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 775

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 2, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 183, 190-191
  • Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 338

Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic سَيْل (sayl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲelʲ]

Noun

сель • (selʹm inan (genitive се́ля, nominative plural се́ли, genitive plural се́лей)

  1. landslide, mudslide, mudflow (a geological disaster)
    Synonym: о́ползень (ópolzenʹ)

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic سَيْل (sayl). Compare Kazakh сел (sel), Turkish sel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɛlʲ]

Noun

сель • (selʹm inan (genitive се́лю, nominative plural се́лі, genitive plural се́лів, relational adjective се́левий)

  1. landslide, mudslide, mudflow (a geological disaster)

Declension

Declension of сель
(inan soft masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative сель
selʹ
се́лі
séli
genitive се́лю
sélju
се́лів
séliv
dative се́леві, се́лю
sélevi, sélju
се́лям
séljam
accusative сель
selʹ
се́лі
séli
instrumental се́лем
sélem
се́лями
séljamy
locative се́лю, се́лі
sélju, séli
се́лях
séljax
vocative се́лю
sélju
се́лі
séli

References