selga

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See also: selgā

Estonian

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Noun

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selga

  1. partitive singular of selg
  2. illative singular of selg

Latvian

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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selga f (4th declension)

  1. a deep place, far from the coast (of a sea, big lake, river, etc.); the deep sea; the open sea
    izbraukt selgāto go to the deep, open sea; to leave the coast
    kuģis izbraucis selgāthe ship left the coast (into the open sea)
    vējš pūš no selgasthe wind is blowing from seaways, from the open sea

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. This word is first mentioned in 18th-century dictionaries.Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. →ISBN.