seli
Ido
Noun
seli
- plural of selo
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sǣliġ. Cognate to Middle High German sælic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seːliː/
Adjective
seli
- sely
Descendants
- English: silly, sely
- Scots: seelie
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- sili
Noun
seli m
- harness
Declension
Declension of seli (weak an-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | seli | selinn | selar | selarnir |
| accusative | sela | selann | sela | selana |
| dative | sela | selanum | selum | selunum |
| genitive | sela | selans | sela | selanna |
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sele
- Norwegian Bokmål: sele
References
- seli in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
seli
- dative singular of sel n
- dative singular of selr m
Verb
seli
- third-person present subjunctive of selja
Swahili
Etymology
From English cell.
Noun
seli (n class, plural seli)
- (biology) cell (basic unit of an organism)
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- säli
Etymology
From Old Norse selja, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²seːlɪ/, /²sɛːɭɪ/
Verb
seli (preterite seelld, supine sellt)
- (active verb) To sell.
- hån säälld i kåo
- he sold a cow
- I ha hårt saijjäs att han no skull ha fatt seli saga, åm han bara hadd veilld.
- I have heard said, that he likely would have been able to sell the saw, if only he had wanted to.
- hån säälld i kåo