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Selja
Selja
See also: selja
Finnish
Proper noun
Selja
- A female given name.
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 | — | Seljoineen | |
Anagrams
selja
selja
See also: Selja
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
| v-21 | ||||
| infinitive | selja | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | seljandi | |||
| past participle a7 | seldur | |||
| supine | selt | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | selji | selur | selur | selja |
| past | seldi | seldi | seldi | seldu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | sel! | — | seljið! |
Synonyms
Finnish
Noun
selja
- elder (tree)
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 | — | seljoineen | |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.
Verb
selja
- to sell
Derived terms
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.
- Dei selde mesteparten.
References
- “selje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology 2
Noun
selja f
- singular definite of selje