selvi

Albanian

Alternative forms

• sellvi — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سروی (servi), سلوی (selvi).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

selvi f (plural selvi, definite selvia, definite plural selvitë)

1. cypress

   Synonym: qiparis

Declension

Declension of selvi

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	selvi	selvia	selvi	selvitë
accusative		selvinë
dative	selvie	selvisë	selvive	selvive
ablative			selvish

Derived terms

• selvishte

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 1740b
• Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “selvi”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 417f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948), “selv-í”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 448a
• Meyer, G. (1891), “sełvī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 381

Turkish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /selˈvi/
• Hyphenation: sel‧vi

Noun

selvi (definite accusative selviyi, plural selviler)

1. alternative form of servi

Declension

Declension of selvi

singular plural nominative selvi selviler definite accusative selviyi selvileri dative selviye selvilere locative selvide selvilerde ablative selviden selvilerden genitive selvinin selvilerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular selvim selvilerim 2nd singular selvin selvilerin 3rd singular selvisi selvileri 1st plural selvimiz selvilerimiz 2nd plural selviniz selvileriniz 3rd plural selvileri selvileri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular selvimi selvilerimi 2nd singular selvini selvilerini 3rd singular selvisini selvilerini 1st plural selvimizi selvilerimizi 2nd plural selvinizi selvilerinizi 3rd plural selvilerini selvilerini dative singular plural 1st singular selvime selvilerime 2nd singular selvine selvilerine 3rd singular selvisine selvilerine 1st plural selvimize selvilerimize 2nd plural selvinize selvilerinize 3rd plural selvilerine selvilerine locative singular plural 1st singular selvimde selvilerimde 2nd singular selvinde selvilerinde 3rd singular selvisinde selvilerinde 1st plural selvimizde selvilerimizde 2nd plural selvinizde selvilerinizde 3rd plural selvilerinde selvilerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular selvimden selvilerimden 2nd singular selvinden selvilerinden 3rd singular selvisinden selvilerinden 1st plural selvimizden selvilerimizden 2nd plural selvinizden selvilerinizden 3rd plural selvilerinden selvilerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular selvimin selvilerimin 2nd singular selvinin selvilerinin 3rd singular selvisinin selvilerinin 1st plural selvimizin selvilerimizin 2nd plural selvinizin selvilerinizin 3rd plural selvilerinin selvilerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular selviyim selvilerim 2nd singular selvisin selvilersin 3rd singular selvi selvidir selviler selvilerdir 1st plural selviyiz selvileriz 2nd plural selvisiniz selvilersiniz 3rd plural selviler selvilerdir

Further reading

• “selvi”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu