delas

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person feminine plural pronoun elas (“they, them”).

• IPA^(key): /dɛlɐs/

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

1. of them, from them

• dellas (pre-1911/1943)

• Hyphenation: de‧las

delas f pl

1. Contraction of de elas (“of them (feminine); their (feminine)”): feminine plural of dele

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dele.

• IPA^(key):

delas

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of delăsa

• preposition de + article las

delas

1. (obsolete) of the, from the (followed by plural feminine noun)

delas

1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with las

delas

1. passive infinitive of dela
2. present passive of dela

• Edlas, adels, lades, ledas, sadel

Borrowed from Spanish delas, from de las. Its use as a contraction of de las in Spanish-origin surnames originated during the American colonial era, possibly by influence of Italian della and delle.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /deˈlas/
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: de‧las

delás (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎᜐ᜔)

1. particle found in Spanish-derived surnames when originally spelled with de las, such as delas Alas (from earlier de las Alas)

• selda

delas

1. genitive plural of del