selge

See also: Selge

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *selkedä.

Adjective

selge (genitive selge, partitive selget, comparative selgem, superlative kõige selgem)

  1. clear, unmuddled
    Tiigis seisab selge vesi.
    The pond has clear water.
  2. clear, legible, readable; easily seen, heard or sensed
    Tal on ilus selge käekiri.
    He has nice legible handwriting.
  3. obvious, evident
    Neil on selge võit käes ju.
    They have an obvious victory.
  4. understandable, clear, plain
    Selges kirjas öeldakse ju, et rahad kaovad.
    It's written in plain text that the money is gonna vanish.
  5. of sound mind, rational, sane, lucid
    Ta räägib veel selget juttu.
    He's still speaking rationally. (lit. "He's still speaking sound talk")

Declension
Declension of selge (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative selge selged
accusative nom.
gen. selge
genitive selgete
partitive selget selgeid
illative selgesse selgetesse
selgeisse
inessive selges selgetes
selgeis
elative selgest selgetest
selgeist
allative selgele selgetele
selgeile
adessive selgel selgetel
selgeil
ablative selgelt selgetelt
selgeilt
translative selgeks selgeteks
selgeiks
terminative selgeni selgeteni
essive selgena selgetena
abessive selgeta selgeteta
comitative selgega selgetega

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛlːə/

Verb

selge (imperative selg, present tense selger, passive selges, simple past solgte, past participle solgt, present participle selgende)

  1. to sell (to agree to transfer goods or provide services in return for payment)

Derived terms

References
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