dėl

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See also: del, Del, dél, -del, de l', Del., dēļ, and ␡

Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *děľa (“because of”).[1] Cognate with Latvian dēļ.

Preposition[edit]

dėl

  1. for (because of)
    Avãrija įvỹko dėl rū̃ko.
    The accident happened because of the fog.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dėl”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120
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