selar

See also: sèlar, șelar, and Selar

English

Noun

selar (plural selars)

1. (Singapore) The yellowtail scad.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlaɾ/ [ˈs̺ɛ.laɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɛlaɾ

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-nóm

Proto-Italic *segnom

Latin signum

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lum

Latin sigillum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin sigillāre

Old Galician-Portuguese selar

Galician selar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese selar, from Latin sigillāre. Compare Portuguese selar, Spanish sellar, Catalan segellar, French sceller, Italian suggellare. Cf. also the borrowed doublet sixilado.

Verb

selar (first-person singular present selo, first-person singular preterite selei, past participle selado)

1. to seal; to stamp

Conjugation

    Conjugation of selar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	selar
Personal	selar	selares	selar	selarmos	selardes	selaren
Gerund
	selando
Past participle
Masculine	selado			selados
Feminine	selada			seladas
Indicative
Present	selo	selas	sela	selamos	selades	selan
Imperfect	selaba	selabas	selaba	selabamos	selabades	selaban
Preterite	selei	selaches	selou	selamos	selastes	selaron
Pluperfect	selara	selaras	selara	selaramos	selarades	selaran
Future	selarei	selarás	selará	selaremos	selaredes	selarán
Conditional	selaría	selarías	selaría	selariamos	selariades	selarían
Subjunctive
Present	sele	seles	sele	selemos	seledes	selen
Imperfect	selase	selases	selase	selásemos	selásedes	selasen
Future	selar	selares	selar	selarmos	selardes	selaren
Imperative
Affirmative		sela	sele	selemos	selade	selen
Negative (non)		non seles	non sele	non selemos	non seledes	non selen

Related terms

• selo

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-leh₂

Proto-Indo-European *sedleh₂

Proto-Italic *sedlā

Late Latin sella

Old Galician-Portuguese sela

Galician sela

Galician -ar

Galician selar

From sela + -ar.

Verb

selar (first-person singular present selo, first-person singular preterite selei, past participle selado)

1. to saddle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of selar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	selar
Personal	selar	selares	selar	selarmos	selardes	selaren
Gerund
	selando
Past participle
Masculine	selado			selados
Feminine	selada			seladas
Indicative
Present	selo	selas	sela	selamos	selades	selan
Imperfect	selaba	selabas	selaba	selabamos	selabades	selaban
Preterite	selei	selaches	selou	selamos	selastes	selaron
Pluperfect	selara	selaras	selara	selaramos	selarades	selaran
Future	selarei	selarás	selará	selaremos	selaredes	selarán
Conditional	selaría	selarías	selaría	selariamos	selariades	selarían
Subjunctive
Present	sele	seles	sele	selemos	seledes	selen
Imperfect	selase	selases	selase	selásemos	selásedes	selasen
Future	selar	selares	selar	selarmos	selardes	selaren
Imperative
Affirmative		sela	sele	selemos	selade	selen
Negative (non)		non seles	non sele	non selemos	non seledes	non selen

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “selar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “selar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “selar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “selar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “selar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “selar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋelaʀ, compare Tagalog sangag and Tetum sona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈlar/ [səˈlar]
• Hyphenation: se‧lar

Verb

selar

1. to brand

Middle English

Noun

selar

1. a canopy
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:

     Anone as he beganne to werke / ther cam out droppes of blood / and thenne wold he haue lefte / but she wold not suffre hym // and soo he tooke aweye as moche wood as myȝte make a spyndyl / and soo she made hym to take as moche of the grene tree and of the whyte tree / And whan these thre spyndels were shapen / she made hem to be fastned vpon the selar of the bedde

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

selar m

1. indefinite plural of sel
2. indefinite plural of sele

Verb

selar

1. present of sela

Old Norse

Noun

selar

1. nominative plural of seli
2. nominative plural of selr

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈla(ʁ)/ [seˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈla(ʁ)/ [seˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seˈla(ʁ)/ [seˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /seˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈla.ɾi/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-nóm

Proto-Italic *segnom

Latin signum

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lum

Latin sigillum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin sigillāre

Old Galician-Portuguese selar

Portuguese selar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese selar, from Latin sigillāre. Compare Spanish sellar, Catalan segellar, French sceller, Italian suggellare. Cf. also the borrowed doublet sigilar.

Verb

selar (first-person singular present selo, first-person singular preterite selei, past participle selado)

1. to seal; to stamp

Conjugation

    Conjugation of selar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	selar
Personal	selar	selares	selar	selarmos	selardes	selarem
Gerund
	selando
Past participle
Masculine	selado			selados
Feminine	selada			seladas
Indicative
Present	selo	selas	sela	selamos	selais	selam
Imperfect	selava	selavas	selava	selávamos	seláveis	selavam
Preterite	selei	selaste	selou	selamos1, selámos2	selastes	selaram
Pluperfect	selara	selaras	selara	seláramos	seláreis	selaram
Future	selarei	selarás	selará	selaremos	selareis	selarão
Conditional	selaria	selarias	selaria	selaríamos	selaríeis	selariam
Subjunctive
Present	sele	seles	sele	selemos	seleis	selem
Imperfect	selasse	selasses	selasse	selássemos	selásseis	selassem
Future	selar	selares	selar	selarmos	selardes	selarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sela	sele	selemos	selai	selem
Negative (não)		não seles	não sele	não selemos	não seleis	não selem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• selo

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-leh₂

Proto-Indo-European *sedleh₂

Proto-Italic *sedlā

Late Latin sella

Old Galician-Portuguese sela

Portuguese sela

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese selar

From sela + -ar.

Verb

selar (first-person singular present selo, first-person singular preterite selei, past participle selado)

1. to saddle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of selar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	selar
Personal	selar	selares	selar	selarmos	selardes	selarem
Gerund
	selando
Past participle
Masculine	selado			selados
Feminine	selada			seladas
Indicative
Present	selo	selas	sela	selamos	selais	selam
Imperfect	selava	selavas	selava	selávamos	seláveis	selavam
Preterite	selei	selaste	selou	selamos1, selámos2	selastes	selaram
Pluperfect	selara	selaras	selara	seláramos	seláreis	selaram
Future	selarei	selarás	selará	selaremos	selareis	selarão
Conditional	selaria	selarias	selaria	selaríamos	selaríeis	selariam
Subjunctive
Present	sele	seles	sele	selemos	seleis	selem
Imperfect	selasse	selasses	selasse	selássemos	selásseis	selassem
Future	selar	selares	selar	selarmos	selardes	selarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sela	sele	selemos	selai	selem
Negative (não)		não seles	não sele	não selemos	não seleis	não selem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “selar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “selar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swedish

Noun

selar

1. indefinite plural of sele

Verb

selar

1. present indicative of sela