elas

See also: ELAS, elás, and -elas

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ellas, from Latin illās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelas/
• Rhymes: -elas
• Syllabification: e‧las

Pronoun

elas f pl (singular ela, masculine el, masculine plural elis)

1. Third person plural feminine nominative pronoun; they

See also

Fala personal pronouns

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	first person		ei	me, -mi		mi
	second person		tú	te, -ti		ti
	third person	m	el	le, -li	uLV, oM	el
		f	ela		a	ela
plural	first person	common	nos	musL nusLV nos, -nusM		nos
		m	noshotrusM			noshotrusM
		f	noshotrasM			noshotrasM
	second person	common	vos	vusLV vos, -vusM		vos
		m	voshotrusM			voshotrusM
		f	voshotrasM			voshotrasM
	third person	m	elis	le, -li	usLV, osM	elis
		f	elas		as	elas
third person reflexive			—	se, -si		sí

Dialects:  ^L Lagarteiru   ^M Mañegu   ^V Valverdeñu

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ellas, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille. The dative form is from Latin illīs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɐs/
• Hyphenation: e‧las

Pronoun

elas f pl (accusative as, dative lles)

1. they

Usage notes

The accusative form as has variant forms las and nas. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The form las is used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The nas 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 as (“I gave you them”) contracts to Dou chas.

Related terms

• el
• ela
• eles

See also

Galician personal pronouns

number	person		nominative (subject)	accusative (direct object)	dative (indirect object)	prepositional	prepositional with con	non-declining
singular	first		eu	me		min	comigo	—
	second		ti	te	che	ti	contigo	vostede
	third	m	el	o (lo, no)	lle	el	con el	—
		f	ela	a (la, na)		ela	con ela	—
plural	first		nós nosoutros m nosoutras f	nos		nós	connosco	—
	second		vós vosoutros m vosoutrasf	vos		vós	convosco	vostedes
	third	m	eles	os (los, nos)	lles	eles	con eles	—
		f	elas	as (las, nas)		elas	con elas	—
reflexive third / indefinite			—	se		si	consigo	—

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Pronoun

elas f (masculine eles)

1. they (third-person singular subject pronoun)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ellas (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ellas, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.las/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: e‧las

• Audio (São Paulo):

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Pronoun

elas f pl

1. they (a group of people other than the speaker, entirely female)
3. (Brazil) third-person feminine plural personal pronoun used in all positions; they; them; it

   Vi elas cantando.

   I saw them singing.

Usage notes

The following preposition + elas contractions are mandatory:

• ‎de + ‎elas → ‎delas
• ‎em + ‎elas → ‎nelas

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns

number	person		nominative (subject)	accusative (direct object)	dative (indirect object)	prepositional	prepositional with com	non-declining
singular	first		eu	me		mim	comigo	—
	second		tu	te		ti	contigo	você o senhor m a senhora f
	third	m	ele	o (lo, no)	lhe	ele	com ele	o mesmo
		f	ela	a (la, na)		ela	com ela	a mesma
plural	first		nós	nos		nós	connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)	a gente
	second		vós	vos		vós	convosco com vós	vocês os senhores m as senhoras f
	third	m	eles	os (los, nos)	lhes	eles	com eles	os mesmos
		f	elas	as (las, nas)		elas	com elas	as mesmas
reflexive third / indefinite			—	se		si	consigo	o mesmo etc. (reflexive)

Volapük

Article

elas

1. genitive plural of el