selge

See also: Selge

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *selkedä.

Adjective

selge (genitive selge, partitive selget, comparative selgem, superlative kõige selgem)

1. clear, unmuddled

   Tiigis seisab selge vesi.

   The pond has clear water.

2. clear, legible, readable; easily seen, heard or sensed

   Tal on ilus selge käekiri.

   He has nice legible handwriting.

3. obvious, evident

   Neil on selge võit käes ju.

   They have an obvious victory.

4. understandable, clear, plain

   Selges kirjas öeldakse ju, et rahad kaovad.

   It's written in plain text that the money is gonna vanish.

5. of sound mind, rational, sane, lucid

   Ta räägib veel selget juttu.

   He's still speaking rationally. (lit. "He's still speaking sound talk")

Declension

Declension of selge (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		selge	selged
accusative	nom.
	gen.	selge
genitive			selgete
partitive		selget	selgeid
illative		selgesse	selgetesse selgeisse
inessive		selges	selgetes selgeis
elative		selgest	selgetest selgeist
allative		selgele	selgetele selgeile
adessive		selgel	selgetel selgeil
ablative		selgelt	selgetelt selgeilt
translative		selgeks	selgeteks selgeiks
terminative		selgeni	selgeteni
essive		selgena	selgetena
abessive		selgeta	selgeteta
comitative		selgega	selgetega

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse selja (“sell”), from Proto-Germanic *saljaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlːə/

Verb

selge (imperative selg, present tense selger, passive selges, simple past solgte, past participle solgt, present participle selgende)

1. to sell (to agree to transfer goods or provide services in return for payment)

Derived terms

• bestselgende
• selger (noun)
• usolgt
• utsolgt

Related terms

• salg

References

• “selge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.