selja

See also: Selja

Estonian

Noun

selja

Genitive singular form of selg.

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

Conjugation of selja

number	singular			plural
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infinitive	selja
present participle	seljandi
past participle a7	seldur
supine	selt
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

avreiða

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
accusative	gen.	seljan	seljat
genitive		seljan	seljojen seljain^rare
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

seljanmarja

Anagrams

Eljas

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Verb

selja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative seldi, supine selt)

to sell

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

seljast

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

seljen

Noun

selja m, f

definite feminine singular of selje

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

selja f

definite singular of selje

References

“selja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Verb

selja

(ditransitive) to hand over, deliver
(transitive) to sell, part with

Conjugation

Conjugation of selja — active (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	selja
present participle	seljandi
past participle	seldr
1st-person singular	sel	selda
2nd-person singular	selr	seldir
3rd-person singular	selr	seldi
1st-person plural	seljum	seldum
2nd-person plural	selið	selduð
3rd-person plural	selja	seldu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	selja	selda
2nd-person singular	selir	seldir
3rd-person singular	seli	seldi
1st-person plural	selim	seldim
2nd-person plural	selið	seldið
3rd-person plural	seli	seldi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sel
1st-person plural	seljum
2nd-person plural	selið

Conjugation of selja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	seljask
present participle	seljandisk
past participle	selzk
1st-person singular	seljumk	seldumk
2nd-person singular	selsk	seldisk
3rd-person singular	selsk	seldisk
1st-person plural	seljumsk	seldumsk
2nd-person plural	selizk	selduzk
3rd-person plural	seljask	seldusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	seljumk	seldumk
2nd-person singular	selisk	seldisk
3rd-person singular	selisk	seldisk
1st-person plural	selimsk	seldimsk
2nd-person plural	selizk	seldizk
3rd-person plural	selisk	seldisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	selsk
1st-person plural	seljumsk
2nd-person plural	selizk

References

selja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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