selmet

Estonian

Etymology

A contraction of selle asemel et. Created in the 1930s as an artificial stem. See see, ase, and et

Adverb

selmet (not comparable)

  1. (dated, uncommon) instead of

Usage notes

selmet (and by extension, selle asemel et) is mostly followed by a -da infinitive or a verb in the conditional. (either directly after it or not)

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