"selch" meaning in Scots

See selch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɛlx/ Forms: selchs [plural], silch [alternative], sulch [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Scots selch, from Early Scots selch, from Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sco|gmw-msc|selch|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Scots selch, {{inh+|sco|gmw-msc|selch}} Inherited from Middle Scots selch, {{inh|sco|enm-esc|selch}} Early Scots selch, {{inh|sco|ang|seolh}} Old English seolh, {{inh|sco|gmw-pro|*selh}} Proto-West Germanic *selh, {{inh|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)
    Sense id: en-selch-sco-noun-L7oeB8JV Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Phocid seals Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 39 39 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Phocid seals: 52 48
  2. common seal (Phoca vitulina)
    Sense id: en-selch-sco-noun-qBu8Xtgj Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header, Phocid seals Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 39 39 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Phocid seals: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: selkie [diminutive]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "selkie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-msc",
        "3": "selch",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Scots selch",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-msc",
        "3": "selch"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Scots selch",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm-esc",
        "3": "selch"
      },
      "expansion": "Early Scots selch",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "seolh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English seolh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*selh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *selh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*selhaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *selhaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "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": "Inherited from Middle Scots selch, from Early Scots selch, from Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, 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": "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": "33 34 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 39 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sco",
          "name": "Phocid seals",
          "orig": "sco:Phocid seals",
          "parents": [],
          "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": "33 34 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 39 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sco",
          "name": "Phocid seals",
          "orig": "sco:Phocid seals",
          "parents": [],
          "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/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "selch"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scots 1-syllable words",
    "Scots countable nouns",
    "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scots lemmas",
    "Scots nouns",
    "Scots terms derived from Early Scots",
    "Scots terms derived from Middle Scots",
    "Scots terms derived from Old English",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Scots terms inherited from Early Scots",
    "Scots terms inherited from Middle Scots",
    "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
    "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Scots terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "sco:Phocid seals"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "selkie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-msc",
        "3": "selch",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Scots selch",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-msc",
        "3": "selch"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Scots selch",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "enm-esc",
        "3": "selch"
      },
      "expansion": "Early Scots selch",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "seolh"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English seolh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*selh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *selh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*selhaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *selhaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "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": "Inherited from Middle Scots selch, from Early Scots selch, from Old English seolh, from Proto-West Germanic *selh, 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": "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/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "selch"
}

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