Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děliti (to divide), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *doyl-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl-, *dʰoyl-. Cognates include Old English dǣlan (English deal) and Lithuanian dailyti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /děːliti/
  • Hyphenation: де‧ли‧ти

Verb

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де́лити impf (Latin spelling déliti)

  1. (transitive) to divide, separate
  2. (transitive) to share
  3. (transitive) to give, distribute, dispense
  4. (mathematics) to divide
  5. (reflexive) to divide, fork

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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