dla

See also: dlá, DLA, and -dlą́

Ladin

Etymology

de (“of, from”) +‎ la (“the [feminine singular]”)

Contraction

dla

1. of the, from the (+ a feminine noun in singular)

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

-dlá

1. to eat

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьľa, *děľa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dla/

Preposition

dla [with genitive] (often postpositive)

1. because of

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “dla”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “dla”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ́a.

Verb

-dlá

1. to eat

Inflection

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