"selch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Scots]

IPA: /sɛlx/ Forms: selchs [plural], sealch [alternative], sealgh [alternative], saylch [alternative], silch [alternative], sulch [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr). Etymology templates: {{inherited|sco|ang|seolh}} Old English seolh, {{inherited|sco|gem-pro|*selhaz}} Proto-Germanic *selhaz, {{cognate|frr|selich|||g=|id=|pos=|tr=}} North Frisian selich, {{cognate|gml|sēl}} Middle Low German sēl, {{cognate|dum|seel}} Middle Dutch seel, {{cognate|goh|selah}} Old High German selah, {{cognate|non|selr}} Old Norse selr Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|selchs|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} selch (plural selchs), {{sco-noun|s}} selch (plural selchs)
  1. grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Categories (lifeform): Phocid seals
    Sense id: en-selch-sco-noun-L7oeB8JV Disambiguation of Phocid seals: 52 48 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. common seal (Phoca vitulina) Categories (lifeform): Phocid seals
    Sense id: en-selch-sco-noun-qBu8Xtgj Disambiguation of Phocid seals: 52 48 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: selkie [diminutive]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "selkie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "seolh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English seolh",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*selhaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *selhaz",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "selich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "",
        "id": "",
        "pos": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian selich",
      "name": "cognate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "sēl"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German sēl",
      "name": "cognate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "seel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch seel",
      "name": "cognate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "selah"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German selah",
      "name": "cognate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "selr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse selr",
      "name": "cognate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "selchs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sealch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sealgh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saylch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "selchs",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "selch (plural selchs)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "selch (plural selchs)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "sco",
          "name": "Phocid seals",
          "orig": "sco:Phocid seals",
          "parents": [
            "Pinnipeds",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-selch-sco-noun-L7oeB8JV",
      "links": [
        [
          "grey seal",
          "grey seal"
        ],
        [
          "Halichoerus grypus",
          "Halichoerus grypus#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "sco",
          "name": "Phocid seals",
          "orig": "sco:Phocid seals",
          "parents": [
            "Pinnipeds",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "common seal (Phoca vitulina)"
      ],
      "id": "en-selch-sco-noun-qBu8Xtgj",
      "links": [
        [
          "common seal",
          "common seal"
        ],
        [
          "Phoca vitulina",
          "Phoca vitulina#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛlx/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sco:selch"
  ],
  "word": "selch"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scots 1-syllable words",
    "Scots countable nouns",
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots nouns",
    "Scots terms derived from Old English",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "sco:Phocid seals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "selkie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "seolh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English seolh",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*selhaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *selhaz",
      "name": "inherited"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "selich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "",
        "id": "",
        "pos": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian selich",
      "name": "cognate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "sēl"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German sēl",
      "name": "cognate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "seel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch seel",
      "name": "cognate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "selah"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German selah",
      "name": "cognate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "selr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse selr",
      "name": "cognate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "selchs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sealch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sealgh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saylch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sulch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "selchs",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "selch (plural selchs)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "selch (plural selchs)",
      "name": "sco-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grey seal",
          "grey seal"
        ],
        [
          "Halichoerus grypus",
          "Halichoerus grypus#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "common seal (Phoca vitulina)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "common seal",
          "common seal"
        ],
        [
          "Phoca vitulina",
          "Phoca vitulina#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛlx/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sco:selch"
  ],
  "word": "selch"
}

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