selv

selv

See also: selv-

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish sialfær, sælf, from Old Norse sjálfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛl/, [sɛlˀ]

Pronoun

selv

1. self, herself, himself, itself, myself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, yourself, yourselves

Adverb

selv

1. even

Etymology 2

From the pronoun selv, after the English self.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛlv/, [sɛlˀv]

Noun

selv n (singular definite selvet, not used in plural form)

1. self (an individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)

See also

• selv on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sjøl

Etymology

From Old Norse sjálfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).

Pronoun

selv

1. (singular) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself

   also as, for example: ham selv (himself)

2. (plural) ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Derived terms

Terms derived from selv

selvantenne selvbestemmelse selvbetjent selvbiografi selvdisiplinert selvforsvar selvfølelse selvgod selvgående

selvheftende selvhjelp (hjelp til selvhjelp) selvkritikk selvlært selvmord selvmotsigende selvmål selv om

selvportrett selvpublisere selvpåført selvsikker selvskading selvstyre selvtillit selvundersøkelse

Related terms

• selve

See also

• sjølv (Nynorsk)

References

• “selv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• sölv

Etymology

From Old Norse silfr, sylfr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /selv/

Noun

selv n (definite selve)

1. (uncountable) silver

Derived terms

• selvtje n (“silver chain (jewellery)”)
• selvskre n (“Sciaridae larvae”)