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

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
    • English: sele (dialectal)
    • Middle Scots: seill, seyll
    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

      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 *séh₂ls.

      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 (plural shalee)

      1. seal (animal)

      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