delen
- definiteaccusativesingular ofdele
Fromdel +-en.
delen f (pluraldelyowordelkyow)
- singulative ofdel(“leaves”)
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delen c
- definitesingular ofdel
FromMiddle Dutchdêlen, fromOld Dutchdēlen, fromProto-Germanic*dailijaną. Cognate withEnglishdeal.
delen
- (transitive) todivide, tosplit up
- (transitive) toshare
- (transitive, arithmetic) todivide
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
delen
- plural ofdeel
FromOld Dutchdēlen, fromProto-Germanic*dailijaną.
dêlen
- toshare, todistribute
- togive, togift
- toshare (a punishment)
- to have ashare in
- toseparate
Conjugation ofdêlen (weak)| infinitive | base form | dêlen | |
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| genitive | dêlens |
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| dative | dêlene |
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| indicative | | subjunctive |
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| present | past | present | past |
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| 1st person singular | dêle | — | dêle | — |
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| 2nd person singular | dêels,dêles | — | dêels,dêles | — |
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| 3rd person singular | dêelt,dêlet | — | dêle | — |
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| 1st person plural | dêlen | — | dêlen | — |
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| 2nd person plural | dêelt,dêlet | — | dêelt,dêlet | — |
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| 3rd person plural | dêlen | — | dêlen | — |
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| imperative |
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| singular | dêel,dêle |
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| plural | dêelt,dêlet |
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| present | past |
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| participle | dêlende | — |
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FromOld Englishdǣlan, fromProto-Germanic*dailijaną; equivalent todel +-en(infinitival suffix).
delen
- Toseparate orsplit; to deal out:
- To mince; to cut into small pieces.
- Toapportion; to share or assign.
- (rare) To assign individuals into lots or divisions.
- (rare) Todiscern; to be able to tell apart.
- (rare) To lop of; to split away.
- To have business with someone; to be involved in a matter:
- To reach adecision orverdict; to make a call.
- To enter intobattle; to be involved in aconflict.
- Tocopulate or tohave sex with someone.
- (Early Middle English) To join or engage in an activity.
- (rare) To end; todetermine or finish.
- Tobehave in a certainway ormanner.
- Tooffer; togive away oradministrate.
- To attack with a weapon; to deal a blow.
- To control; to administrate or be in charge.
- (rare) To effectvengeance orpayback.
- (rare) To take or be given something.
Conjugation ofdelen (weak in -te/-de/in -ed)| infinitive | (to)delen,dele |
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| present tense | past tense |
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| 1st-personsingular | dele | delte,delde,deled |
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| 2nd-personsingular | delest | deltest,deldest,deledest |
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| 3rd-personsingular | deleth | delte,delde,deled |
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| subjunctivesingular | dele |
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| imperativesingular | — |
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| plural1 | delen,dele | delten,delte,delden,delde,deleden,delede |
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| imperativeplural | deleth,dele | — |
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| participles | delynge,delende | delt,deld,deled,ydelt,ydeld |
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1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
delen m
- definitesingular ofdel
delen m
- definitesingular ofdel
delen
- definitesingular ofdel
delen
- first/third-personpluralconditionalcolloquial ofdod
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
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