själ

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See also: sjal and sjæl

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse sál (“soul”), from Old English sāwol (“soul”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”). Cognate with Danish sjæl (“soul”), Norwegian sjel (“soul”), Icelandic sál (“soul”), English soul, Dutch ziel (“soul”), German Seele (“soul”), Low German Seel (“soul”), Luxembourgish Séil (“soul, spirit”).

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Noun

själ c

  1. soul
  2. Obsolete spelling of säl

Declension

Declension of själ 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative själ själen själar själarna
Genitive själs själens själars själarnas

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