selge
See also: Selge
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *selkedä.
Adjective
selge (genitive selge, partitive selget)
- clear, unmuddled
- Tiigis seisab selge vesi.
- The pond has clear water.
- clear, legible, readable; easily seen, heard or sensed
- Tal on ilus selge käekiri.
- He has nice legible handwriting.
- obvious, evident
- Neil on selge võit käes ju.
- They have an obvious victory.
- understandable, clear, plain
- Selges kirjas öeldakse ju, et rahad kaovad.
- It's written in plain text that the money is gonna vanish.
- of sound mind, rational, sane, lucid
- Ta räägib veel selget juttu.
- He's still speaking rationally. (lit. "He's still speaking sound talk")
Declension
Inflection of selge (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | selge | selged |
| accusative | selge | selged |
| genitive | selge | selgete |
| partitive | selget | selgeid |
| illative | selgesse | selgetesse selgeisse |
| inessive | selges | selgetes selgeis |
| elative | selgest | selgetest selgeist |
| allative | selgele | selgetele selgeile |
| adessive | selgel | selgetel selgeil |
| ablative | selgelt | selgetelt selgeilt |
| translative | selgeks | selgeteks selgeiks |
| terminative | selgeni | selgeteni |
| essive | selgena | selgetena |
| abessive | selgeta | selgeteta |
| comitative | selgega | selgetega |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Verb
selge (imperative selg, present tense selger, passive selges, simple past solgte, past participle solgt, present participle selgende)
- to sell (to agree to transfer goods or provide services in return for payment)
Derived terms
- bestselgende
- selger (noun)
- usolgt
- utsolgt
Related terms
- salg
References
- “selge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.