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French
Pronunciation
Noun
sels m
- plural of sel
- (plural only) smelling salts
Gothic
Romanization
sēls
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃
Old Norse
Noun
sels
- genitive singular of sel
- genitive singular of selr
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian self, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sels
- (intensifier) oneself, referring to the subject of a sentence: myself, yourself, itself, ourselves, themselves etc.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sels (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to zelfs”)
Adverb
sels
- even (extreme example)
Further reading
- “sels (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011