selg

See also: sel'g

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *selkä.

Pronunciation

Noun

selg (genitive selja, partitive selga)

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

Declension

Declension of selg (ÕS type 22i/külm, g-j gradation)
singular plural
nominative selg seljad
accusative nom.
gen. selja
genitive 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

Further reading

  • “selg”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “selg”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “selg”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • selg in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

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

Mutation of selg
radical lenition nasalization
selg ṡelg selg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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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