dela

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person feminine singular pronoun ela (“she, her, it”)

Contraction

dela f (masculine del, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)

1. of her, of it, from her, from it

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Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dailijaną

Verb

dēla

1. to distribute

Conjugation

Conjugation of dela (weak class 1)

indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	dēle	dēlde
2nd person singular	dēl(e)st	dēldest
3rd person singular	dēl(e)th	dēlde
plural	dēlath	dēlden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	dēle	dēlde
plural	dēle(n)	dēlde(n)
imperative
singular	dēle
plural	dēlath
participle	present	past
	dēlande	(e)dēled

Descendants

• West Frisian: diele

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɛ.lɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛ.la/, /ˈdɛ.lɐ/

Contraction

dela f (plural delas, masculine dele, masculine plural deles)

1. Contraction of de (“of; from”) + ela (“she; her; it”)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe, Rocco, page 308:

     Você notou os cabelos dela, são negros e brilhantes e macios...

     You noticed her hair, it's dark and brilliant and soft...

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology

del +‎ -a

Verb

dela

1. to deal, share; divide something between recipients
2. to share; to have in common

   De delar ett språk

   They share a language

3. to split; divide something in different parts

   Dela tårtan i lika stora delar

   Cut the cake in equal parts

Conjugation

Conjugation of dela

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	dela	delas
Present tense	delar	delas
Past tense	delade	delades
Supine	delat	delats
Imperative	dela	—
Present participle	delande
Past participle	delad

Synonyms

• klyva

Related terms

• avdela
• dela med sig
• delare
• dela in
• dela upp
• dela ut
• delning
• fördela
• indela
• utdela

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Volapük

Noun

dela

1. genitive singular form of del