ela

See also: Ela, ELA, èla, elã, elä, eła, -ela, and E-la

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CatalanEdit

NounEdit

ela f (plural eles)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

Derived termsEdit

• ela geminada
• ela palatal

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese ela, from Latin illa (“that”), feminine of ille. The dative is from Old Portuguese lle, from Latin illī.

PronounEdit

ela m (accusative a, dative lle)

1. she

Usage notesEdit

The accusative form a has variant forms la and na. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The form la is used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The na 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 a (“I gave you it”) contracts to Dou cha.

Related termsEdit

• el
• elas
• eles

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OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Provençal ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

PronounEdit

ela

1. she (third-person singular subject pronoun)

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Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.la/

PronounEdit

ela f (plural elas)

1. she
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 3 (facsimile):

     Por ela nos perdõou. / deus o pecado Dadam. / da maçãa que goſtou. per / que ſoffreu muit affan.

     By her, God forgave us of Adam’s sin. Of the apple he tasted, because she felt very anguished.

DescendantsEdit

• Galician: ela
• Portuguese: ela

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Old ProvençalEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• elha

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ela/

PronounEdit

ela

1. she
   • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:

     «Don, dis ela, qui que·m sia / Ben conosc sen o folia [...].»

     ‘Sir,’ said she, ‘whatever I may be, I can well distinguish sense and folly.’

DeclensionEdit

Old Provençal personal pronouns and clitics

	nominative	oblique			possessive (nom. obl.)
		direct object	indirect object	emphatic
singular
1st person	eu, ieu ie (before enclitic)	me, mi m', ·m			meus meu
2nd person	tu	te, ti ·t			teus teu
3rd person masculine	el	lo	li l', lh', ·l, ·lh	lui	seus seu
3rd person feminine	ela	la	li l', lh', ·l, ·lh	lei, leis	seus seu
3rd person reflexive		se, si s', ·s, ·is	se, si s', ·s, ·is
plural
1st person	nos ·ns	nos ·ns			nostre
2nd person	vos ·us	vos ·us, ·eus			vostre
3rd person masculine	il	los	els (after preposition)	lor	lor, lur
3rd person feminine	elas	las	elas (after preposition)	lor	lor, lur
3rd person reflexive		se, si s', ·s, ·is	se, si s', ·s, ·is

DescendantsEdit

• Catalan: ella
• Occitan: ela

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• ella (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: e‧la

PronounEdit

ela f (plural elas)

1. third-person feminine singular nominative pronoun she; it
   • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 227:

     Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!

     I thought that you have said that she was just ordering you to write!

   • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 159:

     Ela sorriu encorajando-o.

     She smiled encouraging him.

   Ela está aqui perto.

   She is nearby.

2. third-person feminine singular prepositional pronoun her

   Dei flores a ela.

   I gave her flowers.

3. (Brazil, nonstandard) third-person feminine singular pronoun used in all positions she; it; her

   A gente encontrou ela.

   We came across her.

QuotationsEdit

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:ele.

See alsoEdit

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Oblique		Oblique with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
											o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
				se (reflexive)			si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco		vocês
											os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
				se (reflexive)			si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite				se (reflexive)			si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)

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RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) ala

EtymologyEdit

From Latin āla.

NounEdit

ela f (plural elas)

1. (Puter) wing

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TurkishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ela (comparative daha ela, superlative en ela)

1. Hazel, greenish-brown (refers to the color of eyes).

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VolapükEdit

ArticleEdit

ela

1. genitive singular of el