sella

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See also: Sella and sellá

Asturian

Verb

sella

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

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sella.

Pronunciation

Noun

sella f (plural selles)

  1. saddle

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Verb

sella

  1. third-person singular past historic of seller

Galician

Sella

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin situla.

Pronunciation

Noun

sella f (plural sellas)

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

References

Italian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

sella f (plural selle)

  1. saddle (horse, bicycle, motorcycle saddle)

Etymology 2

Verb

sella

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

Further reading

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

Latin

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • 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

Root
s-l-j
2 terms

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Verb

sella (imperfect jselli, verbal noun tislija)

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

Conjugation

    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

Adjective

sēlla

  1. comparative degree of gōd

Declension

Spanish

Verb

sella

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