selur

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse selr, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Cognate with English seal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛːlʏr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːlʏr

Noun

selur m (genitive singular sels, nominative plural selir)

  1. (an animal) a seal

Declension

Declension of selur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative selur selurinn selir selirnir
accusative sel selinn seli selina
dative sel selnum selum selunum
genitive sels selsins sela selanna

Derived terms

  • að verða ekki um sel
  • blöðruselur (“hooded seal, bladdernose”)
  • eyjaselur (“grey seal”)
  • granselur (“bearded seal, squareflipper seal”)
  • grænselur (“grey seal”)
  • haustselur (“grey seal”)
  • kampselur (“bearded seal, squareflipper seal”)
  • landselur (“common seal, harbour seal”)
  • láturselur (“common seal, harbour seal”)
  • skötuselur (“Alaska blackfish, angler, anglerfish, blackfish, bullmouth, devilfish, devilray, frogfish, goosefish, grassfish, horned ray, monk, monkfish”)
  • útselur (“grey seal”)
  • útskerjaselur (“grey seal”)
  • verða ekki um sel
  • vetrarselur (“grey seal”)
  • vigraselur (“grey seal”)
  • vorselur (“common seal, harbour seal”)
  • vöðuselur (“Greenland seal, harp seal, sortside”)
  • vöðuselur (“grey seal”)

See also

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