sele

See also: Sele, śele, ṣẹlẹ, șele, šəlʔə, -sele, and селе

English

Etymology

From Middle English sele (happiness, good fortune, bliss; an occasion, period of time), from Old English sǣl (time, occasion, an opportune time, opportunity, happiness, prosperity, good times), from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, from Proto-Germanic *sēliz. Related to silly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siːl/
  • Homophone: seal
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Noun

sele (countable and uncountable, plural seles)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune.
  2. (obsolete or dialectal, British) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season
  3. greeting, salutation
    • 1862, George Borrow, chapter XXXV, in Wild Wales Its People‚ Language and Scenery (Fiction), Read Central, archived from the original on 31 October 2013:
      I found my friend honest Pritchard smoking his morning pipe at the front door, and after giving him the sele of the day, []
    • 1897, William Morris, chapter XIV, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Fantasy), published 2005, page 245:
      When the morning was come [] so she arose and thrust her grief back into her heart, and gave her fellow-farer the sele of the day, []

Derived terms

Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

sele (epicene, plural seles)

  1. calm, tranquil

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛlɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
  • Hyphenation: se‧le

Noun

sele n

  1. piglet
Declension

Further reading

  • sele in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • sele in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • sele in Internetová jazyková příručka

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sele

  1. locative singular of selo
    Synonym: selu

Anagrams

Fijian

Noun

sele

  1. knife

Verb

sele

  1. cut (with a knife)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *sālī, in turn from Proto-Germanic *sēliz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seːl/, /sɛːl/

Noun

sele (plural seles)

  1. happiness, prosperity, fortune
  2. time, duration, season

Descendants

  • English: sele, seel
  • Scots: seil

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse seli, sili.

Noun

sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural seler, definite plural selene)

  1. a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
  2. braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse seli, sili.

Noun

sele m (definite singular selen, indefinite plural selar, definite plural selane)

  1. a harness (usually for horses, dogs and small children)
  2. braces (UK) or suspenders (US) (used on trousers)
  3. (rare, colloquial) seat belt
    Synonym: bilbelte

Usage notes

Depending on dialect, this term can also mean different parts of horse harness.

Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sali, from Proto-Germanic *saliz, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-.

Cognate with Old Saxon seli, Old High German sali, Old Norse salr (Swedish sal), Lombardic sala; and with Old Church Slavonic село (selo), Russian село́ (seló). There was also a Germanic variant *saloz-, Old English sæl (great hall, (large) house, castle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈse.le/

Noun

sele m (nominative plural selas)

  1. great hall, house, dwelling, prison
    • Winter ýþe beleác ísgebinde óþ ðæt óðer com geár in geardas swá nú gyt déþ ða ðe sele bewitiaþ wuldortorhtan weder.Winter locks the waves with bonds of ice until another year came to the dwellings of those who keep a constant watch for good weather. (Beowulf)
  2. tabernacle, gesele

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: *sele
    • Middle English: wunsele

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sella.

Noun

sele oblique singular, f (oblique plural seles, nominative singular sele, nominative plural seles)

  1. saddle (equipment used on a horse)

Descendants

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu.

Noun

sēle f

  1. soul, life

Inflection

Strong feminine o-stem

References

Portuguese

Verb

sele

  1. inflection of selar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Sotho

Enumerative

sele

  1. other

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsele/ [ˈse.le]
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification: se‧le

Verb

sele

  1. inflection of ser:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with le
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَلَّة (salla), from Classical Syriac ܣܲܠܛܵܐ (sallətā, basket).

Noun

sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

  1. a wide wicker basket
Declension
Inflection
Nominative sele
Definite accusative seleyi
Singular Plural
Nominative sele seleler
Definite accusative seleyi seleleri
Dative seleye selelere
Locative selede selelerde
Ablative seleden selelerden
Genitive selenin selelerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular selem selelerim
2nd singular selen selelerin
3rd singular selesi seleleri
1st plural selemiz selelerimiz
2nd plural seleniz seleleriniz
3rd plural seleleri seleleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemi selelerimi
2nd singular seleni selelerini
3rd singular selesini selelerini
1st plural selemizi selelerimizi
2nd plural selenizi selelerinizi
3rd plural selelerini selelerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular seleme selelerime
2nd singular selene selelerine
3rd singular selesine selelerine
1st plural selemize selelerimize
2nd plural selenize selelerinize
3rd plural selelerine selelerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemde selelerimde
2nd singular selende selelerinde
3rd singular selesinde selelerinde
1st plural selemizde selelerimizde
2nd plural selenizde selelerinizde
3rd plural selelerinde selelerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemden selelerimden
2nd singular selenden selelerinden
3rd singular selesinden selelerinden
1st plural selemizden selelerimizden
2nd plural selenizden selelerinizden
3rd plural selelerinden selelerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular selemin selelerimin
2nd singular selenin selelerinin
3rd singular selesinin selelerinin
1st plural selemizin selelerimizin
2nd plural selenizin selelerinizin
3rd plural selelerinin selelerinin

Etymology 2

From French selle.

Noun

sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

  1. saddle (of a bicycle)
Declension
Inflection
Nominative sele
Definite accusative seleyi
Singular Plural
Nominative sele seleler
Definite accusative seleyi seleleri
Dative seleye selelere
Locative selede selelerde
Ablative seleden selelerden
Genitive selenin selelerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular selem selelerim
2nd singular selen selelerin
3rd singular selesi seleleri
1st plural selemiz selelerimiz
2nd plural seleniz seleleriniz
3rd plural seleleri seleleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemi selelerimi
2nd singular seleni selelerini
3rd singular selesini selelerini
1st plural selemizi selelerimizi
2nd plural selenizi selelerinizi
3rd plural selelerini selelerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular seleme selelerime
2nd singular selene selelerine
3rd singular selesine selelerine
1st plural selemize selelerimize
2nd plural selenize selelerinize
3rd plural selelerine selelerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemde selelerimde
2nd singular selende selelerinde
3rd singular selesinde selelerinde
1st plural selemizde selelerimizde
2nd plural selenizde selelerinizde
3rd plural selelerinde selelerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular selemden selelerimden
2nd singular selenden selelerinden
3rd singular selesinden selelerinden
1st plural selemizden selelerimizden
2nd plural selenizden selelerinizden
3rd plural selelerinden selelerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular selemin selelerimin
2nd singular selenin selelerinin
3rd singular selesinin selelerinin
1st plural selemizin selelerimizin
2nd plural selenizin selelerinizin
3rd plural selelerinin selelerinin

Noun

sele (definite accusative seleyi, plural seleler)

  1. Alternative form of sere

References

  • sele”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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