dleto

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• dlijéto (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *delto, alternative form of *dolto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dálbta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ-.

Noun

dléto n (Cyrillic spelling дле́то)

1. chisel

Declension

Declension of dleto

	singular	plural
nominative	dleto	dleta
genitive	dleta	dleta
dative	dletu	dletima
accusative	dleto	dleta
vocative	dleto	dleta
locative	dletu	dletima
instrumental	dletom	dletima

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *delto, alternative form of *dolto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dálbta, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dlèːtɔ/

Noun

dlẹ́to n

1. chisel

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	dléto
gen. sing.	dléta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dléto	dléti	dléta
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dléta	dlét	dlét
dative (dajȃlnik)	dlétu	dlétoma	dlétom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dléto	dléti	dléta
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dlétu	dlétih	dlétih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dlétom	dlétoma	dléti

Further reading

• “dleto”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025