själ
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]själ c
Declension
[edit]Declension of själ | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | själ | själen | själar | själarna |
Genitive | själs | själens | själars | själarnas |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- själ in Svensk ordbok.