selg

See also: sel'g

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *selkä.

Noun

selg (genitive selja, partitive selga)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. back, backside (of an object)

Declension
Declension of selg (type külm)
singular plural
nominative selg seljad
genitive selja selgade
partitive selga selgi / selgasid
illative selga / seljasse selgadesse / seljisse
inessive seljas selgades / seljis
elative seljast selgadest / seljist
allative seljale selgadele / seljile
adessive seljal selgadel / seljil
ablative seljalt selgadelt / seljilt
translative seljaks selgadeks / seljiks
terminative seljani selgadeni
essive seljana selgadena
abessive seljata selgadeta
comitative seljaga selgadega

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

selg

  1. imperative of selge

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *selgā, from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“let loose, send”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsʲelɡ/

Noun

selg f

  1. hunt
  2. (hunted animals) quarry, game

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative selgL seilgL selgaH
Vocative selgL seilgL selgaH
Accusative seilgN seilgL selgaH
Genitive seilgeH selgL selgN
Dative seilgL selgaib selgaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: seilg
  • Scottish Gaelic: sealg
  • Manx: shelg

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
selg ṡelg unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “selgā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 329

Further reading
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