для
Belarusian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьľa, *děľa.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
для • (dlja) (+ genitive case)
- for (directed at; intended to belong to)
- У мяне́ не́шта ёсць для цябе́. ― U mjanjé njéšta joscʹ dlja cjabjé. ― I have something for you.
- for (in order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc.)
- Synonym: дзе́ля (dzjélja)
- Усё, што я раблю́, я раблю́ гэ́та для цябе́. ― Usjó, što ja rabljú, ja rabljú héta dlja cjabjé. ― Everything I do, I do for you.
- for (befitting of someone’s beliefs, needs, wants, skills, or tastes; best suited to)
- Гэ́та зана́дта склада́на для пачатко́ўцаў. ― Héta zanádta skladána dlja pačatkóŭcaŭ. ― This is too difficult for beginners.
- for (to be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose)
- Гэ́та но́вы звано́к для майго́ ро́вара. ― Héta nóvy zvanók dlja majhó róvara. ― This is a new bell for my bicycle.
- 1859 [1834], Adam Mickiewicz, translated by Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich, Pan Tadeusz, Wilno: Drukarnia A. Syrkina, translation of Pan_Tadeusz, page 90:
- Wiédama czym dla káwy sałódka śmiatána;
- Everyone knows how cream for coffee makes it tasty;
References edit
- “для” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “для”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [dlʲə]
- IPA(key): [dlʲɐ] (before a stressed syllable)
- IPA(key): [ˈdlʲa] (when stressed)
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьľa, *děľa.
Preposition edit
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
для • (dlja)
- (dated) present imperfective adverbial participle of длить (dlitʹ)
Ukrainian edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
для • (dlja) (+ genitive case)
- for (2)
- пісня “Для Анюти” (pisnja «Dlja Anjuty») — the song «For Anyuta» (female given name)
Further reading edit
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “для”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka