село
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *selo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɛɫo]
Declension
See also
- град m (grad)
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *selo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɛɫɔ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: се‧ло
Noun
се́ло • (sélo) n (plural се́ла, related adjective се́лски, diminutive се́лце, augmentative се́лиште)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- доселеник m (doselenik)
- доселеничка f (doselenička)
- доселенички (doselenički)
- иселеник m (iselenik)
- иселеничка f (iselenička)
- иселенички (iselenički)
- населба f (naselba)
- население n (naselenie)
- насели (naseli)
- населува (naseluva)
- преселба f (preselba)
- пресели (preseli)
- преселник m (preselnik)
- преселница f (preselnica)
- преселнички (preselnički)
- расели (raseli)
- раселува (raseluva)
- се насели (se naseli)
- се населува (se naseluva)
- се пресели (se preseli)
- се сели (se seli)
- сели (seli)
See also
- град m (grad)
References
- “село” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms
- ⱄⰵⰾⱁ (selo) – Glagolitic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *selo, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-.
Noun
село • (selo) n
- village, settlement
- Synonym: вьсь (vĭsĭ)
- farmstead, homestead, estate
- field, piece of land in the countryside
- c. 1000, Codex Marianus, Matthew 13:44:
- пакꙑ подобъно естъ цср҃ствие нб҃ское · съкровищю съкръвенꙋ · {на} на селѣ · еже обрѣтъ чл҃вкъ съкрꙑ · ꙇ отъ радости его идетъ · ꙇ вьсе елико иматъ продаетъ · ꙇ҅ кꙋпꙋетъ село то ·
- Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is similar to a treasure hidden in the field, which a person, having found, hid. And out of joy over it he goes and sells eveything he has and buys that field.
- c. 1000, Codex Marianus, Matthew 13:44:
- country, region, land
Declension
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | село selo |
селѣ selě |
села sela |
Accusative | село selo |
селѣ selě |
села sela |
Genitive | села sela |
селоу selu |
селъ selŭ |
Locative | селѣ selě |
селоу selu |
селѣхъ selěxŭ |
Dative | селоу selu |
селома seloma |
селомъ selomŭ |
Instrumental | селомь selomĭ |
селома seloma |
селꙑ sely |
Vocative | село selo |
селѣ selě |
села sela |
Derived terms
- въселенаꙗ (vŭselenaja)
- въселенъ (vŭselenŭ)
- въселити (vŭseliti)
- населенаꙗ (naselenaja)
- населити (naseliti)
- насельникъ (naselĭnikŭ)
- ненаселенъ (nenaselenŭ)
- отъселити (otŭseliti)
- оуселенаꙗ (uselenaja)
- приселити (priseliti)
- селити (seliti)
References
- Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “село”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *selò.
Pronunciation
Noun
село (selo) n
Declension
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “село”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 326
Old Novgorodian
Etymology
First attested in 1130±10 as се[л]ѣ (se[l]ě, LocSg)[1] or in 1170±10 as село (selo, AccSg)[2]. From Proto-Slavic *selo.
Noun
село (selo) n
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Declension
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References
- “[в]ъ се[л]ѣ”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year) (document № 900)
- “въ село”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year) (document № 793)
Further reading
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “село”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 797 of 872
- “про села”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year) (document № 944)
- “сьло”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year) (document № 719)
- “сьло, сьломь”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year) (document № 510)
- “на село”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, (please provide a date or year) (document № 211)
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic село (selo), from Proto-Slavic *selo, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sʲɪˈɫo]
Audio (file)
Noun
село́ • (seló) n inan (genitive села́, nominative plural сёла, genitive plural сёл, related adjective се́льский, diminutive сельцо́)
Usage notes
Declension
Related terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsʲeɫə]
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *selo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sělo/
- Hyphenation: се‧ло
Noun
сѐло n (Latin spelling sèlo)
- a village
- 1916, “Тамо Далеко”, Крф:
- Тамо далеко, далеко од мора,
Тамо је село моје, тамо је Србија.- There, far away, far from the sea,
There is the village of mine, there is Serbia.
- There, far away, far from the sea,
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- the country, countryside
- rural area
- Љубав је на селу ― (TV broadcast "Farmer Wants a Wife" in Croatia)
Declension
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): сије́ло
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěːlo/
- Hyphenation: се‧ло
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic село (selo), from Proto-Slavic *selo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [seˈɫɔ]
Audio (file)
Declension
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “село”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “село”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)