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selkie en · NOUN

Etymology

From Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Celtic mythology) A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin.
  2. (Scotland, Shetland) Either of two similar-looking seals. ▸ The common seal (harbor seal) (Phoca vitulina).
  3. (Scotland, Shetland) Either of two similar-looking seals. ▸ The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus).

Forms

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selkies Number=Plur lexicographic
silkie alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

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Translations (21)

gv moidyn varrey (mythological creature) · sco selkie fowk (mythological creature) · gd maighdeann-ròin (mythological creature) · cmn 海豹人 (mythological creature) · sco selkie-wife (mythological creature) · fr phoque-garou (mythological creature) · ga banrón (mythological creature) · de Selkie (mythological creature) · sco silkie man (mythological creature) · ru селки (mythological creature) · ko 셀키 (mythological creature) · cmn 海豹精 (mythological creature) · ga leanbh-rón (mythological creature) · pl selkie (mythological creature) · fo kópakona (mythological creature) · ga maighdean mhara (mythological creature) · gd maighdeann-mhara (mythological creature) · ja セルキー (mythological creature) · ru шелки (mythological creature) · fr selkie (mythological creature) · da sælkvinde (mythological creature)

wikidata: Q27370 · wikidata: Q1549047 · wikidata: Q26913