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sella

See also: Sella and sellá

Asturian

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sella

  1. inflection of sellar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

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Inherited from Latin sella.

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sella f (plural selles)

  1. saddle

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French

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sella

  1. third-person singular past historic of seller

Galician

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Sella

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Inherited from Latin situla.

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sella f (plural sellas)

  1. wooden conical vessel, reinforced with hoops, used for keeping or transporting fresh water

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

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sella f (plural selle)

  1. saddle (horse, bicycle, motorcycle saddle)
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Verb

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sella

  1. inflection of sellare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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  • sella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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A curule chair (sella curulis) from a 1st-century funerary relief

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From Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-, whence sedeō (“I sit”). The same formation as Proto-Germanic *sadulaz, Proto-Slavic *sedъlo.

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sella f (genitive sellae); first declension

  1. seat, chair (one that is moveable unlike a sedīle)
    Synonyms: sedes, solium
  2. (historical) A kind of open or enclosed sedan chair
  3. (Late Latin) saddle
  4. stool

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sella sellae
genitive sellae sellārum
dative sellae sellīs
accusative sellam sellās
ablative sellā sellīs
vocative sella sellae

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  • “sella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “sella”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “sella”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maltese

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Root
s-l-j
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Etymology

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From Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”, also “to pray for somebody, to bless”). Regarding the e-vocalism and the verbal noun tislija there may have been a merger with Arabic سَلَّى (sallā, “to amuse, entertain, comfort”). See the doublet salla for more.

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sella (imperfect jselli, verbal noun tislija)

  1. (intransitive, + għal) to greet
    Synonym: sellem

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Conjugation of sella
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m sellejt sellejt sella sellejna sellejtu sellew
f selliet
imperfect m nselli sselli jselli nsellu ssellu jsellu
f sselli
imperative selli sellu

Old English

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Adjective

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sēlla

  1. comparative degree of gōd

Declension

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Declension of sēlla — Weak only
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēlla sēlle sēlle
Accusative sēllan sēllan sēlle
Genitive sēllan sēllan sēllan
Dative sēllan sēllan sēllan
Instrumental sēllan sēllan sēllan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēllan sēllan sēllan
Accusative sēllan sēllan sēllan
Genitive sēlra, sēllena sēlra, sēllena sēlra, sēllena
Dative sēllum sēllum sēllum
Instrumental sēllum sēllum sēllum

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Verb

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sella

  1. inflection of sellar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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