dle

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See also: DLE, ␐, and dle.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dle, from Proto-Slavic *dьľa, *děľa.

Pronunciation

Preposition

dle

  1. per, according to, pursuant to
    Synonym: podle

Further reading

  • “dle”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “dle”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “dle”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьlja.

Noun

dle f

  1. 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
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьľa, *děľa.

Preposition

dle

  1. for
    Co dle ke mně mluvíš? ― Why are you speaking to me?
    toho dle ― therefor
    užitka dle ― for profit
    pokory dle ― for humbleness
  2. according to
Usage notes
  • It was mostly used as a postposition.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Czech: dle

References

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