ell
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-én-eh₂, from *Heh₃l- (“elbow, forearm”). Cognate with Dutch el (“ell”), German Low German Ell (“ell”), German Elle (“ell”), Swedish aln (“cubit; ell”), Icelandic alin (“cubit; ell”), Latin ulna (“forearm”).
NounEdit
ell (plural ells)
- (now historical) A measure of length. An English ell was 1¼ yards (45 inches or 114 cm), whereas a Scottish ell measured only about 37 inches (94 cm) and a Flemish ell was ¾ yard (27 inches or 69 cm).
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, p. 51:
- At certain times in the ice-mountains of Switzerland there happen cracks which have shewn the great thickness of the ice, as some of these cracks have measured three or four hundred ells deep.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter XXX, in Barnaby Rudge:
- A homely proverb recognises the existence of a troublesome class of persons who, having an inch conceded them, will take an ell.
- 1910, Henry James, The Finer Grain:
- If he had imputed to them conditions it was all his own doing: it came from his inveterate habit of abysmal imputation, the snatching of the ell wherever the inch peeped out, without which where would have been the tolerability of life?
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, p. 51:
TranslationsEdit
measure of cloth
Etymology 2Edit
From the name of the letter L
NounEdit
ell (plural ells)
- (rare) The name of the Latin-script letter L.
- An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 4:
- I could hear them snapping and tearing around, and then one managed to get on the roof by jumping from the low ell.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 4:
- Something that is L-shaped.
TranslationsEdit
something L-shaped
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ille, attested from the 14th century.[1]
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
ell (plural ells)
DeclensionEdit
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
Further readingEdit
- “ell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “ell” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
EstonianEdit
NounEdit
ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
FaroeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ell n (genitive singular els, plural ell)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
DeclensionEdit
| n9 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ell | ellið | ell | ellini |
| Accusative | ell | ellið | ell | ellini |
| Dative | elli | ellinum | ellum | ellunum |
| Genitive | els | elsins | ella | ellanna |
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ell
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ell | ellek |
| accusative | ellet | elleket |
| dative | ellnek | elleknek |
| instrumental | ellel | ellekkel |
| causal-final | ellért | ellekért |
| translative | ellé | ellekké |
| terminative | ellig | ellekig |
| essive-formal | ellként | ellekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ellben | ellekben |
| superessive | ellen | elleken |
| adessive | ellnél | elleknél |
| illative | ellbe | ellekbe |
| sublative | ellre | ellekre |
| allative | ellhez | ellekhez |
| elative | ellből | ellekből |
| delative | ellről | ellekről |
| ablative | elltől | ellektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
ellé | elleké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
elléi | ellekéi |
| Possessive forms of ell | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | ellem | elljeim |
| 2nd person sing. | elled | elljeid |
| 3rd person sing. | ellje | elljei |
| 1st person plural | ellünk | elljeink |
| 2nd person plural | elletek | elljeitek |
| 3rd person plural | elljük | elljeik |
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)
Further readingEdit
- l in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ell in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ell n (genitive singular ells, nominative plural ell)
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
DeclensionEdit
declension of ell
VõroEdit
NounEdit
ell (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter L.
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.