selge

See also: Selge

Estonian

Etymology

Adjective

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

clear, unmuddled
Tiigis seisab selge vesi.
The pond has clear water.
clear, legible, readable; easily seen, heard or sensed
Tal on ilus selge käekiri.
He has nice legible handwriting.
obvious, evident
Neil on selge võit käes ju.
They have an obvious victory.
understandable, clear, plain
Selges kirjas öeldakse ju, et rahad kaovad.
It's written in plain text that the money is gonna vanish.
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.	selge
accusative	gen.	selge
genitive		selge	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)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

salg

References

“selge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.