selga
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See also: selgā
Estonian
Noun
selga
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Livonian sälga (“back; open sea”); compare cognates in other Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish selkä (“back, open water”), Estonian selg (“back”), dialectal sälg).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
selga f (4th declension)
- a deep place, far from the coast (of a sea, big lake, river, etc.); the deep sea; the open sea
- izbraukt selgā ― to go to the deep, open sea; to leave the coast
- kuģis izbraucis selgā ― the ship left the coast (into the open sea)
- vējš pūš no selgas ― the wind is blowing from seaways, from the open sea
Declension
Declension of selga (4th declension)