dle
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dle, from Proto-Slavic *dьľa, *děľa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdlɛ]
Old Czech
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьlja.
Noun
dle f
- length
- na dľu / vz dľu / dľú ― in length
- na dléch ― for a long time
- země egyptská leží dľú vedlé Nila ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Declension of dle (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dle | dli | dle |
| genitive | dle | dľú | dlí, dl |
| dative | dli | dlema | dlém |
| accusative | dľu | dli | dle |
| vocative | dle | dli | dle |
| locative | dli | dľú | dléch |
| instrumental | dľú | dlema | dlemi |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьľa, *děľa.
Preposition
dle [+genitive]
- for
- Co dle ke mně mluvíš? ― Why are you speaking to me?
- toho dle ― therefor
- užitka dle ― for profit
- pokory dle ― for humbleness
- according to
Usage notes
- It was mostly used as a postposition.
Derived terms
- bohadle
- mnedle
- podlé
- vedlé
Descendants
- Czech: dle
References
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “dle”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
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