дѣло

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dělo, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-.

Noun

дѣло (dělon

  1. deed, act
    • Luke 24:19-20, from Codex Assemanius, 3241900-3241920:
      ꙇ́же бъис꙯ мѫжь пррок꙯ · силенъ дѣломъ и́ словомъ ·
      íže bys: mǫžĭ prrok: · silenŭ dělomŭ í slovomŭ ·
      He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed.
  2. work, occupation, activity
  3. (by metonymy) income
  4. work, creation
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “дѣломъ”, in Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 131.5, line 29:
      не сътворите себѣ капищъ · ни поклан҄ѣи҅те сѧ дѣломъ рѫкъ вашихъ · ни и҅нои҆ твари никоѥи҅же ·
      ne sŭtvorite sebě kapištŭ · ni poklanʹěi҅te sę dělomŭ rǫkŭ vašixŭ · ni i҅noi҆ tvari nikojei҅že ·
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  5. thing, matter
  6. (later Church Slavonic) fruit

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Russian

Noun

дѣ́ло (dě́lon inan (genitive дѣ́ла, nominative plural дѣла́, genitive plural дѣлъ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of де́ло (délo).

Declension