дело
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dělo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɛɫo]
Noun
де́ло • (délo) n
- work, deed, act
- Synonyms: работа (rabota), действие (dejstvie), постъпка (postǎpka)
- achievement
- Synonym: постижение (postiženie)
- cause, goal, aim, principle
- Synonym: кауза (kauza)
- case, lawsuit
- particular discipline or branch of learning, science
- аптечно дело ― aptečno delo ― pharmacy
- военно дело ― voenno delo ― military science
- file (a collection of papers collated and archived together)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | де́ло délo | дела́ delá |
definite | де́лото déloto | дела́та deláta |
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dělo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɛɫɔ]
Noun
дело • (delo) n (plural дела, related adjective деловен)
- work, deed, act
Declension
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | дело | дела |
definite unspecified | делото | делата |
definite proximal | делово | делава |
definite distal | делоно | делана |
vocative | дело | дела |
Russian
Alternative forms
- дѣ́ло (dě́lo) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʲeɫə]
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Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dělo, from Proto-Slavic *děti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-, whence English do, deed, deem, doom, and via Latin, fact and affair.
Other cognates include, via Ancient Greek, English theme, thesis, Sanskrit दधाति (dadhāti, “to put”) Sanskrit धातृ (dhātṛ, “creator”) and धातु (dhātu, “layer, element, root”).
Noun
де́ло • (délo) n inan (genitive де́ла, nominative plural дела́, genitive plural дел, related adjective делово́й, diminutive де́льце)
- affair, matter, concern
- Министе́рство иностра́нныхдел ― Ministérstvo inostránnyx del ― Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- У меня́ сложи́лась карти́на основны́х фа́ктов по э́томуде́лу.
- U menjá složílasʹ kartína osnovnýx fáktov po étomu délu.
- I have a grip of the essential facts of this case.
- (literally, “A picture of core facts to this case took shape for me.”)
- work, business
- Какдела́? ― Kak delá? ― How are you? (informal)
- Какдела́ иду́т? ― Kak delá idút? ― How are you? (formal)
- art, science
- золоты́хдел ма́стер ― zolotýx del máster ― a master goldsmith (literally, “a master of the golden arts”)
- го́рноеде́ло ― górnoje délo ― mining (literally, “mountain science”)
- deed, act, action
- (law) case, investigation
- На него́ заведено́ уголо́вноеде́ло. ― Na nevó zavedenó ugolóvnoje délo. ― He is the subject of a criminal case.
- (law enforcement) file, dossier
- вы́писка из его́ ли́чногоде́ла ― výpiska iz jevó líčnovo déla ― a copy of a page from his police file
- cause
- пра́воеде́ло ― právoje délo ― just cause
- in expressions
- Неде́ло. ― Ne délo. ― That's not a good idea.
- Ноде́ло да́же не в э́том. ― No délo dáže ne v étom. ― It's not even that. / That's not even what the problem is.
- Э́тоде́ло не хи́трое. ― Éto délo ne xítroje. ― It is very simple; A child could do it.
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | де́ло délo | дела́ delá |
genitive | де́ла déla | де́л dél |
dative | де́лу délu | дела́м delám |
accusative | де́ло délo | дела́ delá |
instrumental | де́лом délom | дела́ми delámi |
prepositional | де́ле déle | дела́х deláx |
Derived terms
- в чём де́ло (v čóm délo)
- делови́тый (delovítyj)
- делово́й (delovój)
- де́ло в то́м, что (délo v tóm, što)
- де́льный (délʹnyj)
Related terms
- де́лать (délatʹ)
- деле́ц (deléc)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
де́ло • (délo)
- neuter singular past indicative perfective of деть (detʹ)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- дје̏ло (Ijekavian)
- dilo (Ikavian)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dělo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dêlo/
- Hyphenation: де‧ло
Noun
де̏ло n (Latin spelling dȅlo)
- work
- piece of work
- deed, act
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | дело | дела |
genitive | дела | де̑ла̄ |
dative | делу | делима |
accusative | дело | дела |
vocative | дело | дела |
locative | делу | делима |
instrumental | делом | делима |