selch

Scots

Alternative forms

sealch
sealgh
saylch
silch
sulch

Etymology

From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛlx/

Noun

selch (plural selchs)

grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
common seal (Phoca vitulina)

Derived terms

selkie (diminutive)

Further reading

“selch” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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