sella

sella

See also: Sella and sellá

Asturian

Verb

sella

1. inflection of sellar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Catalan

Etymology

Latin sella

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ʎa/

Noun

sella f (plural selles)

1. saddle

Derived terms

• seller
• selló

Further reading

• “sella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: sellas, sellât

Verb

sella

1. third-person singular past historic of seller

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Galician

Sella

Alternative forms

• senlla, silla

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *sicla, syncopated from Latin situla (“bucket”), perhaps locally influenced by sedilia. Cognate with Portuguese selha and, more distantly, French seau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseʎa̝/

Noun

sella f (plural sellas)

1. wooden conical vessel, reinforced with hoops, used for keeping or transporting fresh water

References

• “sella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: sèl‧la

Noun

sella f (plural selle)

1. saddle (horse, bicycle, motorcycle saddle)

Related terms

• sellaio
• sellare
• sellatura
• selleria
• sellificio
• sellino

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: بارده‎ (barda)

Verb

sella

1. inflection of sellare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• sella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Alternative forms

• sedda (ancient)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-, whence sedeō (“I sit”). The same formation as Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, Proto-Slavic *sedъlo.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.la/, [ˈs̠ɛlːʲä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.la/, [ˈsɛlːä]

Noun

sella f (genitive sellae); first declension

1. seat, chair (one that is moveable unlike a sedīle)

   Synonyms: sedes, solium

2. sedan chair
3. (Late Latin) saddle
4. stool

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sella	sellae
Genitive	sellae	sellārum
Dative	sellae	sellīs
Accusative	sellam	sellās
Ablative	sellā	sellīs
Vocative	sella	sellae

Derived terms

• duabus sellis sedeo

Descendants

• → Albanian: shalë
• Aromanian: shauã
• Asturian: siella, siya
• Catalan: sella
• Dalmatian: siala
• French: selle
• Friulian: siele
• Galician: sela
• → Hebrew: אסלה‎ (asla)
• Italian: sella
• Occitan: sèla
• Portuguese: sela
• Romanian: șa, șale
• Romansch: sella, siala, seala, sela
• Sardinian: sedha, sedda
• Sicilian: seḍḍa
• Spanish: silla
  • → Cebuano: síya
  • → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: siya
  • → Galician: silla
  • → Hiligaynon: siya
  • → Ladino: siya
  • → Portuguese: silha
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: xiir
  • → Tagalog: silya, siya
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: siya
• Venetian: sela, seła

References

• “sella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “sella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sella”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Maltese

Root
s-l-j
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَلَّى‎ (ṣallā, “to pray”, also “to pray for somebody, to bless”). Regarding the e-vocalism and the verbal noun tislija there may have been a merger with Arabic سَلَّى‎ (sallā, “to amuse, entertain, comfort”). See the doublet salla for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.la/

Verb

sella (imperfect jselli, verbal noun tislija)

1. (intransitive, + għal) to greet

   Synonym: sellem

Conjugation

Conjugation of sella
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	sellejt	sellejt	sella		sellejna	sellejtu	sellew
	f			selliet
imperfect	m	nselli	sselli	jselli		nsellu	ssellu	jsellu
	f			sselli
imperative			selli				sellu

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Spanish

Verb

sella

1. inflection of sellar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative