selve

Adjective

selve

1. very, itself, herself, himself
   • 1998, Strategisk miljøvurdering i regionplanlægningen, Nordic Council of Ministers (ISBN 9789289301701), page 63

     Denne mulighed er imidlertid udelukket, når miljøvurderingen er integreret i selve planudformningen.

     This possibility is, however, excluded when the environmental assessment is integrated in the plan-forming itself.

   • 2009, Schalburg: en patriotisk landsforræder, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702080971), page 327

     ... Unterscharführer Erik Westergaard, der deltog i selve angrebet sammen med Schalburg.

     ... Unterscharführer Erik Westergaard, who participated in the attack itself along with Schalburg.

Etymology

From Portuguese selva, cognate with the Old French word below.

Noun

selve f (plural selves)

1. (literary, slightly dated) Tropical forest, in particular Amazonian rainforest.

Further reading

• “selve” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• levés, lèves

Etymology

From Latin silva.

Noun

selve f (plural selvis)

1. wood, forest

Noun

selve f

1. plural of selva

Etymology

From Old Dutch *selvo, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzelvə/

Pronoun

selve

1. self (myself, yourself etc.)

Adjective

selve

1. same, particular

Further reading

• “selve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “selve (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Alternative forms

• salve

Etymology

From Latin silva (“forest, wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“mountain, ridge, forest”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *swiliō, *suliō (“beam, threshold”), whence Old English syll, sylle "beam, large timber used as a foundation for a wall" (Modern English sill). More at sill.

Noun

selve f (oblique plural selves, nominative singular selve, nominative plural selves)

1. forest