sella

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

sella f (plural selles)

1. saddle

Derived terms

• seller
• selló

Further reading

• “sella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: sellas, sellât

Verb

sella

1. third-person singular past historic of seller

Galician

Alternative forms

• senlla, silla

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *sicla, syncopated from Latin situla (“bucket”), perhaps locally influenced by sedilia. Cognate with Portuguese selha and, more distantly, French seau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseʎa̝/

Noun

sella f (plural sellas)

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

References

• “sella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: sèl‧la

Noun

sella f (plural selle)

1. saddle (horse, bicycle, motorcycle saddle)

Related terms

• sellaio
• sellare
• sellatura
• selleria
• sellificio
• sellino

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

Alternative forms

• sedda (ancient)

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.la/,

Noun

sella f (genitive sellae); first declension

1. seat, chair (one that is moveable unlike a sedīle)

   Synonyms: sedes, solium

2. sedan chair
3. (Late Latin) saddle
4. stool

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.la/

Verb

sella (imperfect jselli, verbal noun tislija)

1. (intransitive, + għal) to greet

   Synonym: sellem

Conjugation

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