# selja
## Estonian
### Noun

selja
* genitive singular of selg

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

### Verb

selja (third person singular past indicative seldi, third person plural past indicative selt, supine selt)
* to sell

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

#### Synonyms

* avreiða

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian зе́лье (zélʹje, “potion; (archaic) plant”), so named because elder has (traditionally) been used as a medicinal plant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseljɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞ljɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -eljɑ
* Hyphenation: sel‧ja

### Noun

selja
* elder (tree)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of selja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seljani
seljani
accusative
nom.
seljani
seljani
gen.
seljani
genitive
seljani
seljojeni seljaini $^{rare}$
partitive
seljaani
seljojani
inessive
seljassani
seljoissani
elative
seljastani
seljoistani
illative
seljaani
seljoihini
adessive
seljallani
seljoillani
ablative
seljaltani
seljoiltani
allative
seljalleni
seljoilleni
essive
seljanani
seljoinani
translative
seljakseni
seljoikseni
abessive
seljattani
seljoittani
instructive
comitative
—seljoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seljasi
seljasi
accusative
nom.
seljasi
seljasi
gen.
seljasi
genitive
seljasi
seljojesi seljaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
seljaasi
seljojasi
inessive
seljassasi
seljoissasi
elative
seljastasi
seljoistasi
illative
seljaasi
seljoihisi
adessive
seljallasi
seljoillasi
ablative
seljaltasi
seljoiltasi
allative
seljallesi
seljoillesi
essive
seljanasi
seljoinasi
translative
seljaksesi
seljoiksesi
abessive
seljattasi
seljoittasi
instructive
comitative
—seljoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seljamme
seljamme
accusative
nom.
seljamme
seljamme
gen.
seljamme
genitive
seljamme
seljojemme seljaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
seljaamme
seljojamme
inessive
seljassamme
seljoissamme
elative
seljastamme
seljoistamme
illative
seljaamme
seljoihimme
adessive
seljallamme
seljoillamme
ablative
seljaltamme
seljoiltamme
allative
seljallemme
seljoillemme
essive
seljanamme
seljoinamme
translative
seljaksemme
seljoiksemme
abessive
seljattamme
seljoittamme
instructive
comitative
—seljoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seljanne
seljanne
accusative
nom.
seljanne
seljanne
gen.
seljanne
genitive
seljanne
seljojenne seljainne $^{rare}$
partitive
seljaanne
seljojanne
inessive
seljassanne
seljoissanne
elative
seljastanne
seljoistanne
illative
seljaanne
seljoihinne
adessive
seljallanne
seljoillanne
ablative
seljaltanne
seljoiltanne
allative
seljallenne
seljoillenne
essive
seljananne
seljoinanne
translative
seljaksenne
seljoiksenne
abessive
seljattanne
seljoittanne
instructive
comitative
—seljoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
seljansa
seljansa
accusative
nom.
seljansa
seljansa
gen.
seljansa
genitive
seljansa
seljojensa seljainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
seljaansa
seljojaan seljojansa
inessive
seljassaan seljassansa
seljoissaan seljoissansa
elative
seljastaan seljastansa
seljoistaan seljoistansa
illative
seljaansa
seljoihinsa
adessive
seljallaan seljallansa
seljoillaan seljoillansa
ablative
seljaltaan seljaltansa
seljoiltaan seljoiltansa
allative
seljalleen seljallensa
seljoilleen seljoillensa
essive
seljanaan seljanansa
seljoinaan seljoinansa
translative
seljakseen seljaksensa
seljoikseen seljoiksensa
abessive
seljattaan seljattansa
seljoittaan seljoittansa
instructive
comitative
—seljoineen seljoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* ruohoselja
* seljanmarja
* terttuselja

### Further reading

* “selja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Eljas

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛlja/
* Rhymes: -ɛlja

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

#### Verb

selja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative seldi, supine selt)
* (ditransitive) to sell
    Synonym: versla
    Synonym: afhenda

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse selja (whence also Swedish sälg), from Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, a variant of *salhô (whence English sallow).

#### Noun

selja f (genitive singular selju, nominative plural seljur)
* sallow, goat willow (Salix caprea)

##### Derived terms

* steinselja (“parsley, Petroselinum crispum”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* seljen

### Noun

selja m or f
* definite feminine singular of selje

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

#### Alternative forms

* selje (e infinitive)

#### Verb

selja (present tense sel, past tense selde, past participle selt, passive infinitive seljast, present participle seljande, imperative sel)
* to sell
    Dei selde mesteparten.They sold most of it.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

selja f
* definite singular of selje

### References

* “selja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

#### Verb

selja
* (ditransitive) to deliver
* (transitive) to sell

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: selja
* Faroese: selja
* Norwegian Nynorsk: selja
** Russenorsk: sælom
* Elfdalian: sela
* Old Swedish: sælia
** Swedish: sälja
* Old Danish: sæliæ, sælæ
** Danish: sælge
*** Norwegian Bokmål: selge
** Scanian: sælla
* Gutnish: säle

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “selja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *salhijǭ, *salhô, whence also English sallow, and by borrowing, Finnish salava.

#### Noun

selja f (genitive selju)
* sallow, willow Salix caprea

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: selja
* Norwegian Nynorsk: selje
* Norwegian Bokmål: selje m or f
* Danish: selje(-pil) c
* Swedish: sälg c

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “selja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

selja
* genitive plural of sel

## Swedish
### Verb

selja
* Misspelling of sälja.