"sjel" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

See sjel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: sjela [definite, singular], sjelen [definite, singular], sjeler [indefinite, plural], sjelene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Saxon seola; compare with Danish sjæl. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|osx|seola}} Old Saxon seola, {{cog|da|sjæl}} Danish sjæl Head templates: {{nb-noun-c}} sjel f or m (definite singular sjela or sjelen, indefinite plural sjeler, definite plural sjelene)
  1. soul Wikipedia link: no:sjel Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: ildsjel, sjelløs

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "seola"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon seola",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "sjæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish sjæl",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Saxon seola; compare with Danish sjæl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sjela",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjelen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjeler",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjelene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sjel f or m (definite singular sjela or sjelen, indefinite plural sjeler, definite plural sjelene)",
      "name": "nb-noun-c"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ildsjel"
        },
        {
          "word": "sjelløs"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "id": "en-sjel-nb-noun-rg-szPCj",
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "no:sjel"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sjel"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ildsjel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sjelløs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "seola"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon seola",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "sjæl"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish sjæl",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Saxon seola; compare with Danish sjæl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sjela",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjelen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjeler",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sjelene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sjel f or m (definite singular sjela or sjelen, indefinite plural sjeler, definite plural sjelene)",
      "name": "nb-noun-c"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "no:sjel"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sjel"
}

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