село

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic село (selo), from Proto-Slavic *selo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛɫo]

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• (Western dialects) IPA^(key): [sɛˈɫɔ]
• Hyphenation^(key): се‧ло

се́ло • (sélo) n (relational adjective се́лски, diminutive селце́)

1. village

   живе́ем на се́ло ― živéem na sélo ― we live in a village

2. the countryside

   оби́чаме се́лото ― obíčame séloto ― we love the countryside

3. rural area

Alternative dialectal stress patterns:

• град m (grad)

• “село”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “село”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• лесо- (leso-), осел (osel)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *selo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛɫɔ]

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• Hyphenation: се‧ло

се́ло • (sélo) n (plural се́ла, relational adjective се́лски, diminutive се́лце, augmentative се́лиште)

1. village
2. (figurative) people

• град m (grad)

• “село” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

• ⱄⰵⰾⱁ (selo) — Glagolitic

From Proto-Slavic *selo, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-.

село • (selo) n

1. village, settlement

   Synonym: вьсь (vĭsĭ)

2. farmstead, homestead, estate
3. field, piece of land in the countryside
   • c. 1000, Codex Marianus, Matthew 13:44:

     пакꙑ подобъно естъ цср҃ствие нб҃ское · съкровищю съкръвенꙋ · {на} на селѣ · еже обрѣтъ чл҃вкъ съкрꙑ · ꙇ отъ радости его идетъ · ꙇ вьсе елико иматъ продаетъ · ꙇ҅ кꙋпꙋетъ село то ·

     paky podobŭno estŭ csr:stvije nb:skoje · sŭkrovištju sŭkrŭvenu · {na} na selě · eže obrětŭ čl:vkŭ sŭkry · i otŭ radosti ego idetŭ · i vĭse eliko imatŭ prodajethŭ · i kupujetŭ selo to ·

     Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is similar to a treasure hidden in the field, which a person, having found, hid. And out of joy over it he goes and sells eveything he has and buys that field.

4. country, region, land

• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “село”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae) (overall work in Czech), Prague: Euroslavica

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[5], София

From Proto-Slavic *selò.

• Hyphenation: се‧ло

село (selo) n

1. dwelling
2. container
3. residence
4. village
5. piece of land
6. estate, property
7. field, meadow

• Belarusian: сяло́ (sjaló)
• Russian: село́ (seló)
• Carpathian Rusyn: село́ (seló)
• Ukrainian: село́ (seló)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “село”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[6] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 326

First attested in 1130±10 as се[л]ѣ (se[l]jě, LocSg)^[1] or in 1170±10 as село (selo, AccSg).^[2] From Proto-Slavic *selo.

село • (selo) n

1. village, settlement

• Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎^[7] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 797
• “про села (letter no. 944)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[8][9] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
• “сьло (letter no. 719)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[10][11] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
• “сьло, сьломь (letter no. 510)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[12][13] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
• “на село (letter no. 211)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus]‎^[14][15] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025

Inherited from Old East Slavic село (selo), from Proto-Slavic *selo, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-.

• с. (s.) — abbreviation

• IPA^(key): [sʲɪˈɫo]

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село́ • (seló) n inan (genitive села́, nominative plural сёла, genitive plural сёл, relational adjective се́льский, diminutive сельцо́ or сели́шко, augmentative сели́ще, pejorative сели́шко)

1. village

• Traditionally, село́ (seló) referred to a larger village with a church, while дере́вня (derévnja) referred to a smaller village without a church.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲeɫə]

се́ло • (sélo)

1. neuter singular past indicative perfective of сесть (sestʹ)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *selo.

• IPA^(key): /sělo/
• Hyphenation: се‧ло

сѐло n (Latin spelling sèlo)

1. a village
   • 1916, “Тамо Далеко”, ković (lyrics), Крф:

     Тамо далеко, далеко од мора,
     Тамо је село моје, тамо је Србија.

     There, far away, far from the sea,
     There is the village of mine, there is Serbia.

2. the country, countryside
3. rural area

   Љубав је на селу ― (TV broadcast "Farmer Wants a Wife" in Croatia)

• сѐља̄к
• сѐоскӣ
• насеље

• “село”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• сије́ло (Ijekavian)

• IPA^(key): /sěːlo/
• Hyphenation: се‧ло

се́ло n (Latin spelling sélo)

1. social call, visit
2. rural evening social gathering, sometimes featuring traditional music and amusements

From Old East Slavic село (selo), from Proto-Slavic *selo.

• IPA^(key): [seˈɫɔ]

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село́ • (seló) n inan (genitive села́, nominative plural се́ла, genitive plural сіл, relational adjective сільськи́й, diminutive сільце́)

1. village
2. country
3. rural area

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “село”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “село”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)