ell

See also: ELL and 'e'll

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English eln “unit of measure of 45 inches,” originally “length of the forearm,” from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“elbow, forearm”).

NounEdit

ell (plural ells)

  1. A measure for cloth. An English ell equals 1.25 yards, whereas a Scottish ell measures only 1.0335 yards (http://www.onlineunitconversion.com). A Flemish ell measured three quarters, (27 inches).
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Etymology 2Edit

From the name of the letter L

NounEdit

ell (plural ells)

  1. An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
  2. Something that is L-shaped.
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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ille.

PronounEdit

ell

  1. he

DeclensionEdit

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi2 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal4 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person  very formal1 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’3 -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 formal1 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 third person.
2) Only as object of a preposition.		 3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ell n (genitive singular ells, nominative plural ell)

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

DeclensionEdit

declension of ell
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ell ellið ell ellin
accusative ell ellið ell ellin
dative elli ellinu ellum ellunum
genitive ells ellsins ella ellanna
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