дело

From Proto-Slavic *dělo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlo/

де́ло • (délo) n

1. work, deed, act
2. achievement
3. cause, goal, aim, principle
4. case, lawsuit
5. a particular discipline or branch of learning, science

   аптечно дело ― aptečno delo ― pharmacy

   военно дело ― voenno delo ― military science

6. file (a collection of papers collated and archived together)

• (deed): работа, действие, постъпка
• (achievement): постижение
• (cause): кауза

From Proto-Slavic *dělo.

дело • (delo) n (plural дела)

1. work, deed, act

• дѣ́ло (dě́lo) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲelə]

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From Proto-Slavic *dělo.

де́ло • (délo) n inan (genitive де́ла, nominative plural дела́, genitive plural дел)

1. affair, matter, concern

   У меня́ сложи́лась карти́на основны́х фа́ктов по э́тому де́лу.

   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.”)

2. work, business

   Как дела́? ― Kak delá? ― How are you? (informal)

   Как дела́ иду́т? ― Kak delá idút? ― How are you? (formal)

3. art, science
4. deed, act, action
5. court case
6. cause

   пра́вое де́ло ― právoje délo ― just cause

7. in expessions

   Не де́ло. ― Ne délo. ― That's not a good idea.

   Но де́ло да́же не в э́том. ― No délo dáže ne v étom. ― It's not even that. / That's not even what the problem is.

   Э́то де́ло не хи́трое. ― Éto délo ne xítroje. ― It is very simple; A child could do it.

• в чём де́ло (v čóm délo)
• де́ло в то́м, что (délo v tóm, što)
• делово́й (delovój)
• де́льный (délʹnyj)
• делови́тый (delovítyj)

• де́лать (délatʹ)
• деле́ц (deléc)

де́ло • (délo)

1. neuter singular past indicative perfective of деть (detʹ)

• (Ijekavian): дје̏ло
• (Ikavian): dilo

From Proto-Slavic *dělo.

• IPA^(key): /dêlo/
• Hyphenation: де‧ло

де̏ло n (Latin spelling dȅlo)

1. work
2. piece of work
3. deed, act