selga
See also: selgā
Estonian
Noun
selga
- partitive singular of selg
- illative singular of selg
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Livonian sälga (“back; open sea”); compare cognates in other Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish selkä (“back, open water”), Estonian selg (“back”), dialectal sälg).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sǣlɡa]
Noun
selga f (4th declension)
- a deep place, far from the coast (of a sea, big lake, river, etc.); the deep sea; the open sea
- izbraukt selgā ― to go to the deep, open sea; to leave the coast
- kuģis izbraucis selgā ― the ship left the coast (into the open sea)
- vējš pūš no selgas ― the wind is blowing from seaways, from the open sea
Declension
Declension of selga (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | selga | selgas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | selgu | selgas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | selgas | selgu |
| dative (datīvs) | selgai | selgām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | selgu | selgām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | selgā | selgās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | selga | selgas |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. →ISBN.