selja
Estonian
    
    
Faroese
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Verb
    
selja (third person singular past indicative seldi, third person plural past indicative selt, supine selt)
- to sell
Conjugation
    
| Conjugation of selja (group v-21) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | selja | |
| supine | selt | |
| participle (a7)1 | seljandi | seldur | 
| present | past | |
| first singular | selji | seldi | 
| second singular | selur | seldi | 
| third singular | selur | seldi | 
| plural | selja | seldu | 
| imperative | ||
| singular | sel! | |
| plural | seljið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
Synonyms
    
Finnish
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Russian зе́лье (zélʹje, “potion; (archaic) plant”), so named because elder has (traditionally) been used as a medicinal plant.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈseljɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞ljɑ]
- Rhymes: -eljɑ
- Syllabification(key): sel‧ja
Declension
    
| Inflection of selja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | selja | seljat | ||
| genitive | seljan | seljojen | ||
| partitive | seljaa | seljoja | ||
| illative | seljaan | seljoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | selja | seljat | ||
| accusative | nom. | selja | seljat | |
| gen. | seljan | |||
| genitive | seljan | seljojen seljainrare | ||
| partitive | seljaa | seljoja | ||
| inessive | seljassa | seljoissa | ||
| elative | seljasta | seljoista | ||
| illative | seljaan | seljoihin | ||
| adessive | seljalla | seljoilla | ||
| ablative | seljalta | seljoilta | ||
| allative | seljalle | seljoille | ||
| essive | seljana | seljoina | ||
| translative | seljaksi | seljoiksi | ||
| instructive | — | seljoin | ||
| abessive | seljatta | seljoitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
    
Anagrams
    
Icelandic
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛlja/
- Rhymes: -ɛlja
Etymology 1
    
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Conjugation
    
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2
    
From Old Norse selja (whence also Swedish sälg), from Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, a variant of *salhô (whence English sallow).
Declension
    
Derived terms
    
- steinselja (“parsley, Petroselinum crispum”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Alternative forms
    
- selje (e infinitive)
Verb
    
selja (present tense sel, past tense selde, past participle selt, passive infinitive seljast, present participle seljande, imperative sel)
- to sell
- Dei selde mesteparten.- They sold most of it.
 
 
References
    
- “selja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Conjugation
    
| infinitive | selja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | seljandi | |
| past participle | seldr | |
| indicative | present | past | 
| 1st-person singular | sel | selda | 
| 2nd-person singular | selr | seldir | 
| 3rd-person singular | selr | seldi | 
| 1st-person plural | seljum | seldum | 
| 2nd-person plural | selið | selduð | 
| 3rd-person plural | selja | seldu | 
| subjunctive | present | past | 
| 1st-person singular | selja | selda | 
| 2nd-person singular | selir | seldir | 
| 3rd-person singular | seli | seldi | 
| 1st-person plural | selim | seldim | 
| 2nd-person plural | selið | seldið | 
| 3rd-person plural | seli | seldi | 
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | sel | |
| 1st-person plural | seljum | |
| 2nd-person plural | selið | |
| infinitive | seljask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | seljandisk | |
| past participle | selzk | |
| indicative | present | past | 
| 1st-person singular | seljumk | seldumk | 
| 2nd-person singular | selsk | seldisk | 
| 3rd-person singular | selsk | seldisk | 
| 1st-person plural | seljumsk | seldumsk | 
| 2nd-person plural | selizk | selduzk | 
| 3rd-person plural | seljask | seldusk | 
| subjunctive | present | past | 
| 1st-person singular | seljumk | seldumk | 
| 2nd-person singular | selisk | seldisk | 
| 3rd-person singular | selisk | seldisk | 
| 1st-person plural | selimsk | seldimsk | 
| 2nd-person plural | selizk | seldizk | 
| 3rd-person plural | selisk | seldisk | 
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | selsk | |
| 1st-person plural | seljumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | selizk | |
Descendants
    
References
    
- “selja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
    
From Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, *salhô, whence also English sallow, and by borrowing, Finnish salava.
Declension
    
Descendants
    
References
    
- “selja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 3
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.