sels

See also: se'ls

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛl/

Noun

sels m

  1. plural of sel
  2. (plural only) smelling salts

Gothic

Romanization

sēls

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃

Old Norse

Noun

sels

  1. genitive singular of sel
  2. genitive singular of selr

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian self, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Adverb

sels

  1. (intensifier) oneself, referring to the subject of a sentence: myself, yourself, itself, ourselves, themselves etc.
Derived terms
Further reading
  • “sels (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

Adverb

sels

  1. even (extreme example)
Further reading
  • “sels (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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