segli
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛklɪ
Noun
segli
- indefinite dative singular of segl
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseɡli/
Noun
segli
- plural of seglo
Latvian
Alternative forms
- sedli (dialectal form)
Etymology
A parallel form to (still dialectally attested) sedli, from Proto-Baltic *sedula, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also Latvian sēdēt (“to sit”), q.v.) with an extra ul; the original meaning was thus “seat” (cf. Latin sella (“seat; saddle”)). Some researchers consider this word a borrowing from Slavic languages, but others point out that the stem *sed- did survive in Baltic: e.g., segliņš (“spindle-tree”), named after the similarity between its fruit and a saddle. The two parallel forms segli and sedli co-existed well into the 19th century, at the end of which segli became the preferred form in the standard language. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *sedъlo (Old Church Slavonic седьло (sedĭlo), Russian, Bulgarian седло́ (sedló), Czech sedlo, Polish siodło), Old High German satul, satal, German Sattel, English saddle.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sæɡli]
Noun
segli m (1st declension)
- saddle (horse tack item, placed on the back of a horse either for riding or for attaching a load to the back of the animal)
- jātnieka segli ― rider's saddle
- kavalērijas segli ― cavalry saddle
- nastu segli ― harness (lit. burden) saddle
- seglu josta ― saddle strap, cinch
- seglu kāpslis ― stirrup (lit. saddle footboard)
- piesprādzēt seglus ― to fasten the saddle
- sēdēt seglos ― to sit in the saddle
- izlēkt no segliem ― to jump out of the saddle
- viņš smagi uzsēdās zirgā, ilgi nevarēdams ierīkoties seglos, kā nākas ― he sat heavily on the horse, for a while unable to settle properly in the saddle
- (dated sense) seat (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.)
- sēsties seglos velosipēdam ― to sit down on the bicycle seat
Declension
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | — | segli |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | seglus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | seglu |
| dative (datīvs) | — | segliem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | segliem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | — | seglos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | segli |
Derived terms
- segliniece
- seglinieks
Related terms
- seglot
See also
- sēdeklis
- sedulka
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “segli”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
segli n
- (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of segl
Slovene
Participle
sẹ́gli
- inflection of sẹ́či (“to reach”):
- masculine plural l-participle
- feminine/neuter dual l-participle