different between delf vs dels

English

Alternative forms

• delft, delve

Etymology

From Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercourse, a canal, a ditch, a trench; a grave; a pitfall”), from Old English delf, ?edelf (“delving, digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug, delf, ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *delban? (“to dig”). More at delve.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lf

Noun

delf (plural delfs or delves)

1. A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
2. (heraldry) A charge representing a square sod.
3. Alternative form of delft (“style of earthenware”)
   • 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park

     Five nothings in five plates of delf

Derived terms

• stonedelf

References

Anagrams

• FDLE, feld, fled

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

delf

1. first-person singular present indicative of delven
2. imperative of delven

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• delft

Etymology

From delven (“to delve”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

delf ?

1. Delft (a city in the modern Netherlands)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Delft

Further reading

• “delf”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English

Alternative forms

• delfe, delve, dælf

Etymology

From Old English delf, from delfan (Middle English delven).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?lf/, /d?lv/

Noun

delf (plural delves)

1. A quarry (pit for digging stone or clay).
2. A man-made channel or stream; a water-filled ditch.
3. A hole or ditch; a delf.

Descendants

• English: delf, delve
• Scots: delf, delph

References

• “delf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Old English

Etymology

From the verb delfan (“to delve, dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban, from Proto-Germanic *delban?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?elb?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /delf/, [de?f]

Noun

delf n (nominative plural delf)

1. digging, excavation
2. that which is dug: trench, quarry, canal

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: delf, delfe, delve, dælf
  • English: delf, delve
  • Scots: delf, delph

English

Noun

dels

1. plural of del

Anagrams

• EDLs, ELSD, LEDs, SLED, seld, sled

Catalan

Contraction

dels

1. Contraction of de els (“of the, from the (masculine plural)”).

See also

• del

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?e?ls]

Etymology 1

After Middle Low German d?ls, German teils, originally a genitive singular of del (“part”) used adverbially

Adverb

dels

1. partly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

dels c

1. indefinite genitive singular of del

Norwegian Bokmål

Conjunction

dels

1. part, partly, in part (part this, part that), both and

Derived terms

• til dels

References

• “dels” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

del +? -s, the genitive singular form of del m (“part”). The adverb is a calque of German teils, from Teils, the genitive singular form of Teil (“part”).

Adverb

dels

1. part, partly

   Synonyms: delvis, til dels

Noun

dels m

1. genitive singular of del

Derived terms

• til dels

References

• “dels” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• seld

Occitan

Contraction

dels

1. Contraction of de los.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Conjunction

dels

1. part, partly, in part (part this, part that), both and

   Den består dels av nervceller, och dels av stödjande celler som kallas gliaceller.

   It consists in part of nerve cells, and in part of supporting cells which are called glial cells.

   Vårt företag erbjuder dels enkla och robusta nivåvakter, dels mer noggranna givare för mätning och registrering.

   Our company offers both simple and robust level detectors, and also more accurate detectors for measuring and registration.

Usage notes

• The prescribed usage is "dels A, dels B", but one also often sees "dels A, men också B".

Noun

dels

1. indefinite genitive singular of del

Anagrams

• elds, leds

Volapük

Noun

dels

1. plural of del