dalas

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• IPA^(key): /ˈda.las/

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• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: da‧las

dalas m inan

1. (Poznań) poverty, penury

• dalas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

dalas

1. inflection of dar:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with las
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with las

Possibly inherited from Proto-Philippine *darás, or borrowed from Malay deras from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəʀas (“hasten”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəʀəs (“swift flowing of water, rain”). Compare Ilocano daras / degges, Aklanon daeas, Maranao daras / reges. Doublet of dagas. See also Sanskrit धारा (dhārā, “stream”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈlas/ [dɐˈlas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: da‧las

dalás (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜐ᜔)

1. frequency

   Synonyms: limit, kalimitan, kadalasan

2. rapidity; swiftness (as of movement of running feet)

• “dalas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018