el

See also: Appendix:Variations of "el"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

el

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Greek.

EnglishEdit

El on Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛl/, [ɛɫ]
Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English, from Old English el, from Latin el (the name of the letter L).

Alternative formsEdit

L
ell

NounEdit

el (plural els)

The name of the Latin-script letter L.
- 1773, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged, October
  The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.

TranslationsEdit

name of the letter L, l

Arabic: إِل‎ m (ʾel)
Catalan: ela (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)
Esperanto: lo (eo)
Finnish: äl (fi), ällä (fi)
French: elle (fr) m
Galician: ele (gl) m
Greek: ελ n (el)
Hawaiian: lā
Hindi: एल (hi) (el)
Ido: le (io)
Irish: eil, luis
Italian: ^{(please verify)} elle (it) m or f
Japanese: エル (eru)
Korean: 엘 (el)
Latin: el (la)
Malay: el
Marathi: एल (el)
Occitan: èla f
Persian: ال‎ (fa) (el)
Portuguese: ele (pt) m
Russian: эл (ru) n (el), эль (ru) n (elʹ)
Spanish: ele (es) f
Thai: แอล (th) (ɛɛl)
Turkish: le (tr)
Vietnamese: e-lờ (vi), lờ (vi)
Welsh: el (cy) f

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

L

NounEdit

el (plural els)

(US) An elevated railway, especially for specific systems such as the metro in Chicago.
- 2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York (page 294)
  The main section of the Sixth Avenue El from Morris Street to Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street shut down on December 4, 1938.

TranslationsEdit

elevated railway

Etymology 3Edit

Shortening of eleven.

NumeralEdit

el

The cardinal number occurring after dek and before do in a duodecimal system. Written ↋, decimal value 11.

Etymology 4Edit

From Spanish el.

ArticleEdit

el

(informal, humorous, chiefly Internet slang) the

Etymology 5Edit

NounEdit

el (plural els)

The name of the Cyrillic script letter Л / л.

AnagramsEdit

-le, LE, Le, LαE, le

AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille (“that one”).

PronounEdit

el

him (direct object)
Synonym: lo

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

elu

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille, possibly through a Vulgar Latin *illus. Compare Romanian el, Megleno-Romanian iel.

PronounEdit

el m (plural elj)

(third-person masculine singular pronoun, nominative form) he
Synonym: nãs

PronounEdit

el m

(long/stressed accusative form) him

Related termsEdit

ea/ia (feminine equivalent (third-person singular nominative))
elj (masculine or mixed plural), eali (feminine plural)
ãl/ul/lu (masculine singular accusative- short/unstressed form)
(a) lui (masculine singular genitive and masculine singular dative- long/stressed form)
ãlj/ilj/lji (masculine singular dative- short/unstressed form)

AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille, illum.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /el/, [el]

ArticleEdit

el m sg (feminine la, neuter lo, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

(definite) the

Usage notesEdit

The article el contracts to l’ before a word beginning with a vowel or h: l'asturianu (the Asturian), l'hermanu (the brother)
The article el contracts to ’l after a word that ends in a vowel, if the following word begins with a consonant.

Derived termsEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *ēl.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /el/
Audio (file)

BretonEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɛl/

ContractionEdit

el

e (preposition “in”) + ul (indefinite article “a(n)”)
e (preposition “in”) + al (definite article “the”)

CatalanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

es (salat) in Balearic dialects.
lo (colloquial) in North occidental dialects.

EtymologyEdit

From earlier lo, from Latin illum, from Latin ille. The initial e- was inserted as an epenthetic vowel after the unstressed -o had begun to be dropped.

PronunciationEdit

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əl/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /el/
Audio (file)

ArticleEdit

el m (feminine la, masculine plural els, feminine plural les)

the; definite article
neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the; what, that which
el bo i el dolent ― the good and the bad

el que hem de fer ― what we have to do

Usage notesEdit

Before a word that begins with a vowel or silent h- followed by a vowel, the form l' is used.

PronounEdit

el (proclitic, contracted l', enclitic lo, contracted enclitic 'l)

him (direct object)

Usage notesEdit

el is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a consonant.
Ella el considerava estúpid. ― She regarded him as stupid.

DeclensionEdit

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
¹⁾ Behaves grammatically as plural. ²⁾ Behaves grammatically as third person.			³⁾ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴⁾ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

CornishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Cornish êl, eyl, eal, from Old Cornish ail, a borrowing from Proto-Brythonic *angel, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Cognate with Breton ael, Welsh angel.

NounEdit

el m (plural eledh)

(religion) angel

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

NounEdit

el

hand, forearm
ell

DeclensionEdit

Declension of el

nominative	el
genitive	elniñ
dative	elge
accusative	elni
locative	elde
ablative	elden

ReferencesEdit

Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈɛl]

NounEdit

el n

The name of the Latin-script letter L.

DalmatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

lo

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille, illud.

ArticleEdit

el

the; masculine singular definite article

Related termsEdit

i
la

DanishEdit

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

el

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse elri (“alder”), cf. ǫlr (compare Icelandic elri, Swedish al, Norwegian Bokmål older), from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō (compare English alder), variant of *alizō, *alisō (compare Dutch els, German Erle), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɛl/, [ɛlˀ]

NounEdit

el c (singular definite ellen, plural indefinite elle)

alder

InflectionEdit

Declension of el

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	el	ellen	elle	ellene
genitive	els	ellens	elles	ellenes

Etymology 2Edit

Introduced in the 1940’s after Swedish el, abbreviation of elektricitet (“electricity”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɛl/, [ɛl]

NounEdit

el c (singular definite ellen, not used in plural form)

electricity
Synonym: strøm

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch elne, elle, from Old Dutch *elina, from Proto-West Germanic *alinu. Cognate with English ell, German Low German Ell, German Elle.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɛl/
audio (file)
Hyphenation: el
Rhymes: -ɛl
Homophone: Ell

NounEdit

el f or m (plural ellen, diminutive elletje n)

(archaic) A unit of length corresponding to about 69 cm: ell, cubit.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Negerhollands: el
→ Caribbean Javanese: élo

EmilianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /el/
Hyphenation: el

PronounEdit

el (personal)

(nominative case, feminine) they
(accusative case, feminine) them

Alternative formsEdit

Becomes elj- before a vowel.
Becomes -li when acting as an enclitic.

Related termsEdit

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Disjunctive (tonic)	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Reflexive (-self)	Comitative (with)
Singular	First	—	mè	a	me			mêg
	Second	—	tè	et	te			têg
	Third	Masculine	ló	al		ge	se	sêg
	Third	Feminine	lê	la		ge	se	sêg
Plural	First	Masculine	nuēter	a	se			nōsk
	First	Feminine	nuētri	a	se			nōsk
	Second	Masculine	vuēter	a	ve			vōsk
	Second	Feminine	vuētri	a	ve			vōsk
	Third	Masculine	lôr	i		ge	se	sêg
	Third	Feminine	lôr	el	li	ge	se	sêg

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Obscure; may be derived from Latin ex (“out of”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [el]
Audio:
(file)
Hyphenation: el

PrepositionEdit

el

made of
Tio estas ĉemizo el silko ― This is a shirt made of silk.
from (of)
El kie vi venis?
Mi venis el Nov-Jorko.
Where did you come from?
I came from New York.
- 1906, Louis de Beaufront, Grammaire et exercices de la langue internationale espéranto:
  Li estas la plej riĉa homo el la mondo.
  He is the richest man in the world.
- 1906, Louis de Beaufront, Grammaire et exercices de la langue internationale espéranto:
  Li estas la malplej riĉa el ni.
  He is the least rich of us.
Antonym: al

Derived termsEdit

FalaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille (“that”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈel/

PronounEdit

el m sg (plural elis, feminine ela, feminine plural elas)

Third person singular masculine nominative pronoun; he

ReferencesEdit

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎^[2], CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 121

GalicianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ile

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille (“that”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈel/

PronounEdit

el m (accusative o, dative lle)

he
it (impersonal pronoun, optative subject of impersonal verbs)
El chove ― It rains
it (optatively, can introduce a question)
Que cousa preciosa! El será pecado? ― What a precious thing! Could it be a sin?

Usage notesEdit

The accusative form o has variant forms lo and no. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The form lo is used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The no form is used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong. These alternative forms are then suffixed to the preceding word.

The accusative also forms contractions when it immediately follows an indirect object pronoun. For example, dou che o contracts to doucho (“I gave it to you”).

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

“el” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“el” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“el” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“el” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese ele. Cognate with Kabuverdianu el.

PronounEdit

el

he, she (third person singular)

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈɛl]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛl

AdverbEdit

el

off
El a kezekkel! ― Hands off!
away

Usage notesEdit

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with el-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see el-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Anna elment? Nem ment el. ― Has Anna left [gone away]? No, she has not.

Derived termsEdit

Compound words

elvégre

AnagramsEdit

le

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɛːl/
Rhymes: -ɛːl

VerbEdit

el

first-person singular present indicative of ala

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /el/, /ɛl/

PronounEdit

el (plural eli, possessive elua, possessive plural elui)

Apocopic form of elu; she, her

IstriotEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin illum < ille.

PronounEdit

el

he third-person singular masculine personal pronoun
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
  Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulito el me metasse.
  That into his handkerchief he would put me.

Related termsEdit

gila

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin ille.

ArticleEdit

el m sg (feminine la)

the

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈel/
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: él
(stressed, determiner) IPA^(key): /ˈel/
- Hyphenation: él
(unstressed, article and contraction) IPA^(key): /el/

ArticleEdit

el m sg

Archaic and regional form of il

PronounEdit

el m

(rare, literary) Apocopic form of ello

ContractionEdit

el

(obsolete) Contraction of e il: and the

AnagramsEdit

-le, LE, Le, le

KabuverdianuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese ele.

PronounEdit

el

he, she (third person singular)

KabyleEdit

VerbEdit

el (verbal noun ayla)

(obsolete) to have, own, possess
Synonyms: sɛu, ɣur
(obsolete) to belong to

Usage notesEdit

This verb's conjugation has fallen into general disuse by the 19th century, with only its past participle ilan surviving in various expressions. Its verbal noun, ayla (“possession”), remains in vigorous use.

LadinoEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /el/

ArticleEdit

el (Hebrew spelling איל, plural los, feminine la)

the (masculine singular)

PronounEdit

el (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling איל‎)

he, it

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /el/, [ɛɫ̪]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /el/, [ɛl]

NounEdit

el f (indeclinable)

The name of the letter L.

Usage notesEdit

Multiple Latin names for the letter L, l have been suggested. The most common is el or a syllabic l, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, lē, ll, əl, lə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?), which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιλλε (ille).

Coordinate termsEdit

(Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

ReferencesEdit

el in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

LatvianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ɛl]
(file)

NounEdit

el m (invariable)

The Latvian name of the Latin script letter L/l.

LeoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille.

ArticleEdit

el m sg (feminine la, neuter lu, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

the (definite article)

Usage notesEdit

The prepositions a, de, pa, cun, en and pur contract with el, unless el is part of a proper noun.
‎a + ‎el → ‎al

‎de + ‎el → ‎del

‎pa + ‎el → ‎pal

‎cun + ‎el → ‎cul

‎en + ‎el → ‎nel

‎pur + ‎el → ‎pul
The article el contracts to l' before a word beginning with a vowel or h:
l'home ― the man

fala l'home ― the man is speaking
The article 'el contracts to 'l after a word that ends in a vowel, if the following word begins with a consonant.
fala'l neñu ― the child is speaking

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *elli, from Proto-West Germanic *alljas.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /el/

DeterminerEdit

el

other, another

AdverbEdit

el

else, otherwise
elsewhere

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

eel, ele, hele, iel, yele

EtymologyEdit

From Old English ǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *āl, from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɛːl/, /eːl/

NounEdit

el (plural eles)

eel

DescendantsEdit

English: eel
Scots: eel
Yola: eale

ReferencesEdit

“ēl(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

Middle WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /eːl/

VerbEdit

el

third-person singular present subjunctive of mynet

MirandeseEdit

PronounEdit

el

he

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Swedish el.

NounEdit

el

short form of elektrisitet, elektrisk, elektro-, used mainly in compound words. It is treated as a noun rather than a prefix, in the same manner as Swedish.

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

“el” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Swedish el.

NounEdit

el n

short form of elektrisitet, elektrisk, elektro-, used mainly in compound words. It is treated as a noun rather than a prefix, in the same manner as Swedish.

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse él.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /eːl/

NounEdit

el n (definite singular elet, indefinite plural el, definite plural ela)

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

el

present tense of ala

Etymology 4Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

el

present tense of elja

ReferencesEdit

“el” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin ille.

PronunciationEdit

Audio (Languedocien) (file)

PronounEdit

el

he (third-person singular subject pronoun)
it (third-person singular subject pronoun)

Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /el/

NounEdit

el m

el, the letter L

Old FrenchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Alternative formsEdit

enl (very rare)

ContractionEdit

el

Contraction of en le (“in the”).
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Equitan:
  m'est une anguisse el quer ferue, ki tut le cors me fet trembler
  Such a pain has pierced my heart, that it makes my whole body quiver

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin alius.

PronounEdit

el

something else
- circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 94 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, lines 857-8:
  ne puet en sun cuer el penser
  fors ço sul: Tristran amer.
  she cannot in her heart think of anything else
  apart from one thing: to love Tristan.

Old NorseEdit

VerbEdit

el

first-person singular active present indicative of ala

Old PortugueseEdit

PronounEdit

el

Apocopic form of ele
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 14 (facsimile):
  
  fugiu con el a Egipto. terra de Reẏ Faraon.
  ran away with him to Egypt, land of the Pharaoh king.

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Akin to Spanish el.

ArticleEdit

el m sg

Only used in el-rei: the

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *illus, from Latin ille.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /jel/
Audio (file)

PronounEdit

el m (third-person singular, plural ei, feminine equivalent ea)

(nominative form) he
Synonym: (polite form) dumnealui

DeclensionEdit

Nominative
el
Accusative
stressed		unstressed
el		îl
Genitive
lui
Singular		Plural
m & n	f	m	f & n
său	sa	săi	sale
Dative
stressed		unstressed
lui		îi
Reflexive
Accusative		Dative
stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
sine	se	sie or sieși	își

PronounEdit

el m (stressed accusative form of el)

(direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") him

Related termsEdit

ea (third-person feminine singular)
ei (third-person masculine plural)
ele (third-person feminine plural)

RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille.

PronounEdit

el

he

SalarEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Turkmen, Turkish el (“hand”), Azerbaijani əl, Chuvash алӑ (ală), etc.

PronunciationEdit

(Jiezi, Gaizi, Ejie, Daowei, Chahandusi, Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [el]
(Chahandusi, Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [il]
(Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [en]
(Shixiang, Xunhua, Qinghai, 1883-1886) IPA^(key): [eɫ]

NounEdit

el

(anatomy) hand
Synonym: uc

ReferencesEdit

Potanin, G.N. (1893), “эль”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “el”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 107
Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “el”, in 米娜瓦尔艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 99
林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “el”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 19
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “el”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 88
Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “el”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 323-324

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /el/ [el]
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: el

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin ille.

ArticleEdit

el (plural los, feminine la, feminine plural las, neuter lo)

masculine singular definite article; the

Usage notesEdit

The prepositions de and a contract with el, unless el is part of a proper noun.
El misionario se fue a El Salvador para predicar al Salvador.
The missionary went to El Salvador to preach to the Savior.
Spanish definite articles are used in some contexts where English uses possessive pronouns.
Tengo las manos sucias.
My hands are dirty.
Spanish definite articles are used when talking about a whole group in general or abstract notions, unlike English ones.
Los guepardos son el animal terreste más veloz.
Cheetahs are the fastest land animal.

El amor es siempre paciente y amable.
Love is always patient and kind.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa.

ArticleEdit

el (feminine plural las)

Feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/:
el alma, las almas ― the soul, the souls

el hacha, las hachas ― the axe, the axes

AnagramsEdit

le

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

A contraction of elektricitet or elektrisk, that must have taken place between 1920 and 1975. SAOB (letter E edited in 1921) does not mention this, but does mention the prefix elektro-. Lilla Focus (1961) mentions el- as a prefix, but not as a word of its own.

The use of "el" as a stand-alone word (not just a prefix) was discussed in Teknisk Tidskrift, 15 December 1934, referring to a proposal from "Fera", Föreningen för elektricitetens rationella användning, an association of electric power grid operators.

Man framhåller nämligen med bestämdhet, att "el" ej får betraktas som förkortning utan som en beteckning för allt som har med elektricitet att göra, avsedd att brukas enbart eller i sammansättningar som prefix eller suffix och aldrig tillsammans med punkt och bindestreck. Språkligt sett, kan väl ordet närmast betraktas som en ellips
Teknisk Tidskrift, 15 December 1934

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /eːl/

NounEdit

el c

electricity, electric current or power; Contraction of elektricitet. or elektrisk
- 1957, used as a prefix, §14, Lag (1957:262) om allmän energiskatt
  elektrisk kraft som förbrukas för el-, gas-, värme- eller vattenförsörjning i andra kommuner
  electric power which is used for the supply of electricity, gas, heating or water in other municipalities
- 1975, Håkan Winberg (m), speaking in the Riksdag on May 27 (protocol, page 264)
  Vidare är den del av marknaden som har den högsta betalningsförmågan, dvs. hushållen, inriktad på användning av el.
  Also the part of the market which has the highest purchasing power, i.e. the households, is set for the use of electricity.
- 1980, Rune Torwald (c), speaking in the Riksdag on January 11 (protocol, page 46)
  När man använder så stor andel av elen till att värma upp bostäder som ju bara utnyttjas vintertid och inte på sommaren, så får man stora säsongvariationer.
  When using so large a portion of the electricity to heat homes, something which is only used in the winter and not in the summer, one will get large seasonal variations.
(school slang) Short for el- och energiprogrammet.
Jag går el.
I study at the electrical engineering programme
(literally, “I go electrical.”)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of el
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	el	elen	—	—
Genitive	els	elens	—	—

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

le

TernateEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [(ʔ)el]

VerbEdit

el

Alternative form of eli (“to remember”)

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of el
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toel	foel	miel
2nd	noel	niel
3rd	Masculine	oel	iel, yoel^†
Feminine	moel
Neuter	iel
† - archaic

ReferencesEdit

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /el/

Etymology 1Edit

From Ottoman Turkish ال‎ (el), from Proto-Turkic *elig (“hand”), may be related to Proto-Turkic *ạl- (“to take”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰠𐰏‎ (elig), Uzbek ilik, Turkmen el, Gagauz el, Salar el, Southern Altai элӱ (elü, “wide finger”), Chuvash алӑ (ală), etc.

NounEdit

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

hand

Derived termsEdit

ele geçirmek

Etymology 2Edit

From Ottoman Turkish ایل‎ (el), from Common Turkic *ēl (“people”).

NounEdit

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

a foreign person

Derived termsEdit

el gün

Etymology 3Edit

From Ottoman Turkish ایل‎ (el), from Proto-Turkic *ēl (“realm”). Doublet of il. Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (él), Kazakh ел (el), Azerbaijani el, etc.

NounEdit

el (definite accusative eli, plural eller)

country, homeland, province

DeclensionEdit

Inflection

Nominative

el

Definite accusative

eli

Singular

Plural

Nominative

el

eller

Definite accusative

eli

elleri

Dative

ele

Locative

Ablative

Genitive

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	elim	ellerim
2nd singular	elin	ellerin
3rd singular	eli	elleri
1st plural	elimiz	ellerimiz
2nd plural	eliniz	elleriniz
3rd plural	elleri	elleri
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	elimi	ellerimi
2nd singular	elini	ellerini
3rd singular	elini	ellerini
1st plural	elimizi	ellerimizi
2nd plural	elinizi	ellerinizi
3rd plural	ellerini	ellerini
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	elime	ellerime
2nd singular	eline	ellerine
3rd singular	eline	ellerine
1st plural	elimize	ellerimize
2nd plural	elinize	ellerinize
3rd plural	ellerine	ellerine
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	elimde	ellerimde
2nd singular	elinde	ellerinde
3rd singular	elinde	ellerinde
1st plural	elimizde	ellerimizde
2nd plural	elinizde	ellerinizde
3rd plural	ellerinde	ellerinde
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	elimden	ellerimden
2nd singular	elinden	ellerinden
3rd singular	elinden	ellerinden
1st plural	elimizden	ellerimizden
2nd plural	elinizden	ellerinizden
3rd plural	ellerinden	ellerinden
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	elimin	ellerimin
2nd singular	elinin	ellerinin
3rd singular	elinin	ellerinin
1st plural	elimizin	ellerimizin
2nd plural	elinizin	ellerinizin
3rd plural	ellerinin	ellerinin

Predicative forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	elim	ellerim
2nd singular	elsin	ellersin
3rd singular	el eldir	eller ellerdir
1st plural	eliz	elleriz
2nd plural	elsiniz	ellersiniz
3rd plural	eller	ellerdir

Derived termsEdit

elçi

VenetianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

al (Belluno)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illum < ille.

ArticleEdit

el m sg (plural i)

the

Related termsEdit

ła

PronounEdit

el

he, she, it (used as an obligatory clitic pronoun following a verb)
El can el magna i òsi. ― The dog (it) eats the bones.

VolapükEdit

ArticleEdit

el

the (used for all proper nouns and also foreign loanwords not yet assimilated into Volapük)
El Karl binom ziom ela Katlin. ― Karl is Katlin's uncle.

Usage notesEdit

The article el is used to modify any kind of noun (proper or foreign) which is itself indeclinable in Volapük. Then, whenever that noun needs to be declined, the article el which modifies it is declined in its stead.

DeclensionEdit

declension of el

	singular	plural
nominative	el	els
genitive	ela	elas
dative	ele	eles
accusative	eli	elis

Derived termsEdit

hiel
jiel

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɛl/

NounEdit

el f (plural eliau)

The name of the Latin-script letter L.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
el	unchanged	unchanged	hel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

WestrobothnianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse eldr.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /éːl/, /íːl/
Rhymes: -éːl, -ɪ́ːl

NounEdit

el m (definite singular eln)

fire

Alternative formsEdit

il

Derived termsEdit

elfäng (“something that can be used for burning”)
ellbäin (“tinder box, flint, tinder and sulfur”)
ellfør (“flint and steel to strike fire with”)
ellsinner (“spark”)
ellskåt (“place where pyre, bonfire is lit”)
ellslöga (“flame”)
elltostr (“spark”)
elltönner (“tinder”)
elsta (“the place in the inner corner of the fireplace”)
elstikk (“match”)
skogel (“forest fire”)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse ertla.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /èːl/, /èlː/
Rhymes: -èːl, -èlː

NounEdit

el f (definite singular ela)

a bird of the family Motacillidae

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “eld s. e:l” and “ärla s. ê:l”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt [The Hössjö speech: dictionary of a southern Westrobothnian dialect] (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 95 and 221

Possessive forms of el
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	elim	ellərim
sənin (“your”)	elin	ellərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	eli	elləri
bizim (“our”)	elimiz	ellərimiz
sizin (“your”)	eliniz	elləriniz
onların (“their”)	eli or elləri	elləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	elimi	ellərimi
sənin (“your”)	elini	ellərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	elini	ellərini
bizim (“our”)	elimizi	ellərimizi
sizin (“your”)	elinizi	ellərinizi
onların (“their”)	elini or ellərini	ellərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	elimə	ellərimə
sənin (“your”)	elinə	ellərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	elinə	ellərinə
bizim (“our”)	elimizə	ellərimizə
sizin (“your”)	elinizə	ellərinizə
onların (“their”)	elinə or ellərinə	ellərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	elimdə	ellərimdə
sənin (“your”)	elində	ellərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	elində	ellərində
bizim (“our”)	elimizdə	ellərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	elinizdə	ellərinizdə
onların (“their”)	elində or ellərində	ellərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	elimdən	ellərimdən
sənin (“your”)	elindən	ellərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	elindən	ellərindən
bizim (“our”)	elimizdən	ellərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	elinizdən	ellərinizdən
onların (“their”)	elindən or ellərindən	ellərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	elimin	ellərimin
sənin (“your”)	elinin	ellərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	elinin	ellərinin
bizim (“our”)	elimizin	ellərimizin
sizin (“your”)	elinizin	ellərinizin
onların (“their”)	elinin or ellərinin	ellərinin

		singular	plural
1st person		eu	noi
2nd person	plain	tu	voi
	semi-polite	dumneata	dumneavoastră
	polite	dumneavoastră	dumneavoastră
3rd person familiar	m	el	ei
3rd person familiar	f	ea	ele
3rd person polite	m	dumnealui	dumnealor
3rd person polite	f	dumneaei	dumnealor

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular		ei	me, -mi		mi
	plural	common	nos	mus^L nus^LV nos, -nus^M		nos
		masculine	noshotrus^M			noshotrus^M
		feminine	noshotras^M			noshotras^M
second person	singular		tú	te, -ti		ti
	plural	common	vos	vus^LV vos, -vus^M		vos
		masculine	voshotrus^M			voshotrus^M
		feminine	voshotras^M			voshotras^M
third person	singular	masculine	el	le, -li	u^LV, o^M	el
	singular	feminine	ela		a	ela
	plural	masculine	elis		us^LV, os^M	elis
	plural	feminine	elas		as	elas
	reflexive		—	se, -si		sí

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
		Nominative	Singular	Plural	Nominative	Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
Second person	Familiar	tu	tua	tui	vi	via	vii
Third person	Masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

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AromanianEdit

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PronounEdit

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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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AzerbaijaniEdit

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NounEdit

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BretonEdit

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CatalanEdit

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ArticleEdit

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Usage notesEdit

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

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NounEdit

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

DeclensionEdit

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

Further readingEdit

DalmatianEdit

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EtymologyEdit

ArticleEdit

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DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit