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-sel
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Appendix:Variations of "sel"
Afrikaans
Etymology
From af nl -sel, from af dum -sel, from af odt -isli, from af gmw-pro *-islī.
Pronunciation
af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar--sel.wav
Suffix
af suffix noun-forming suffixes
en -age, en -ion; Creates nouns from verbs indicating something which performs or has undergone an action or is the result of the action.
Derived terms
af
Danish
Etymology
From da non -sl, non -sla, da ang -els. Related to da -else.
Suffix
Forms nouns from verbs with the sense of "the act of verbing", or a sense otherwise related to the act of verbing.
Usage notes
Nouns formed with -sel can be of either gender. In declensions, -e- is elided by most speakers (thus e.g. da brændsel, brændslet, brændsler, brændslerne), which is prescribed by Dansk Sprognævn.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhBX0CqD6ds
Derived terms
da
References
Dutch
Etymology
From nl dum -sel, from nl odt -isli, from nl gmw-pro *-islī. Cognate with de -sel, ang -else, sv -else.
Suffix
nl suffix n
-age, -ion; Creates neuter nouns indicating something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action.
Examples:
nl toevoegen to add toevoegsel addition, appendix
nl bakken to bake baksel bake-age, something that has been baked
nl verschijnen to appear verschijnsel appearance, something that appears
Derived terms
nl
Estonian
Suffix
et suffix form
et -ne ade s
German
Alternative forms
de -sal
Etymology
de :inh gmw-pro:*-islī
From de gmw-pro *-islī.
Pronunciation
de /-zəl/ [-zl̩]
de LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--sel.wav
de De--sel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Suffix
de suffix n
Creates nouns from verbs, meaning something which is a fragment of the target of a verb, whether mechanically created or by intellectual activity
Derived terms
de
Low German
Suffix
nds suffix
nds -else
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
gml /səl/
gml /zəl/ post-vocally
Suffix
gml suffix -sel
gml -else
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From nb non -sl, non -sla.
Suffix
nb suffix m f
used to form nouns from verbs.
Derived terms
nb
References
nb noun-forming suffixes
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From nn non -sl, non -sla.
Suffix
nn suffix m
used to form nouns from verbs.
Derived terms
nn
References
nn noun-forming suffixes
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From pdt gml -else --sel, -else, from pdt osx -isli, from pdt gmw-pro *-islī. Cognate with de -sel, nl -sel.
Suffix
pdt suffix n
Creates nouns indicating something which performs or has undergone an action, or something which results from the action.
Examples:
pdt aufbieten to bite off Aufbietsel bite
pdt aufhoakjen to rake off Aufhoakjsel gleanings
Derived terms
pdt
Swedish
Etymology
From sv gmq-osw -sl.
Suffix
sv suffix
making a noun from a verb
Derived terms
sv
Anagrams
sv els els
Turkish
Etymology
tr :der fr:universel<alt:universel> 1 1
Coined from the last three letters of tr fr universel universal during the en Turkish language reform. First used in tr evrensel, the equivalent of the same word (1934)evrensel. Ultimately tr la -alis 1.
sal sel
Pronunciation
[sæl]
Suffix
adjective
Suffix turning a word into an adjective.
tr gök sky göksel celestial
Derived terms
tr
References
en Sevan Nişanyan Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “+sAl”, in Nişanyan Sözlük