selga

See also: selgā

Estonian

Noun

selga

  1. partitive singular of selg
  2. illative singular of selg

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Livonian sälga (back; open sea); compare cognates in other Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish selkä (back, open water), Estonian selg (back), dialectal sälg).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sǣlɡa]

Noun

selga f (4th declension)

  1. a deep place, far from the coast (of a sea, big lake, river, etc.); the deep sea; the open sea
    izbraukt selgāto go to the deep, open sea; to leave the coast
    kuģis izbraucis selgāthe ship left the coast (into the open sea)
    vējš pūš no selgasthe wind is blowing from seaways, from the open sea

Declension

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. →ISBN.
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