Estonian

Noun

selga

1. Partitive singular form of selg.
2. Illative singular form of selg.

Latvian

Etymology

A borrowing from Livonian sälga ‎(“back; open sea”); compare cognates in other Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish selkä ‎(“back, open water”), Estonian selg ‎(“back”), dialectal sälg).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sǣlɡa]

Noun

selga f (4th declension)

1. a deep place, far from the coast (of a sea, big lake, river, etc.); the deep sea; the open sea

   izbraukt selgā‎ ― to go to the deep, open sea; to leave the coast

   kuģis izbraucis selgā‎ ― the ship left the coast (into the open sea)

   vējš pūš no selgas‎ ― the wind is blowing from seaways, from the open sea

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.