selve

Danish

Adjective

selve

  1. very, itself, herself, himself
    • 1998, Strategisk miljøvurdering i regionplanlægningen, Nordic Council of Ministers (→ISBN), page 63
      Denne mulighed er imidlertid udelukket, når miljøvurderingen er integreret i selve planudformningen.
      This possibility is, however, excluded when the environmental assessment is integrated in the plan-forming itself.
    • 2009, Schalburg: en patriotisk landsforræder, Gyldendal A/S (→ISBN), page 327
      ... Unterscharführer Erik Westergaard, der deltog i selve angrebet sammen med Schalburg.
      ... Unterscharführer Erik Westergaard, who participated in the attack itself along with Schalburg.

Synonyms

  • selveste

French

Etymology

From Portuguese selva, cognate with the Old French word below.

Noun

selve f (plural selves)

  1. (literary, slightly dated) Tropical forest, in particular Amazonian rainforest.

Further reading

Anagrams


Friulian

Etymology

From Latin silva.

Noun

selve f (plural selvis)

  1. wood, forest
    Synonym: bosc

Italian

Noun

selve f

  1. plural of selva

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch selvo, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzelvə/

Pronoun

selve

  1. self (myself, yourself etc.)

Descendants

  • Dutch: zelf
  • Limburgish: zèlf

Adjective

selve

  1. same, particular

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • selve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • selve (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From selv, traditionally a pronoun.

Determiner

selve

  1. herself, himself, itself, the very ...

Usage notes

Used attributively in Bokmål, whereas herself, himself, and itself are postpositive: e.g. selve tårnet - the tower itself.

References


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin silva (forest, wood), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (mountain, ridge, forest). Akin to Proto-Germanic *swiljō, *suljō (beam, threshold), whence Old English syll, sylle (beam, large timber used as a foundation for a wall) (Modern English sill). More at sill.

Noun

selve f (oblique plural selves, nominative singular selve, nominative plural selves)

  1. forest
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