Wiktionary

ella

See also: Ella, Ellá, eļļa, -ella, -ellä, eļļā, and élla

AragoneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

PronounEdit

ella

  1. she

AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

PronounEdit

ella

  1. she

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Occitan ela (and a medieval variant elha), French elle, Spanish ella.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ella (plural elles)

  1. she

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-.

CorsicanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illa, feminine form of ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle (“that”). Cognates include Italian ella and Spanish ella.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlːa/
  • Hyphenation: el‧la

PronounEdit

ella f

  1. she
  2. her (disjunctive)

See alsoEdit

Corsican personal pronouns
Nominative Dative Accusative Disjunctive
Singular 1st person eiu mi mè
2nd person tù ti tè
3rd person m ellu li u, l' ellu
3rd person f ella a, l' ella
Plural 1st person noi ci noi
2nd person voi vi voi
3rd person m elli li i, l' elli
3rd person f elle e, l' elle

ReferencesEdit

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ella.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ella

  1. or

FulaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic عِلَّة‎ (ʕilla).

NounEdit

ella o

  1. (Maasina, Pulaar) flaw, blemish, vice, defect
    elle (Maasina Plural)
    ellaaji (Pulaar Plural)

ReferencesEdit

  • D. Osborn, D. Dwyer, et J. Donohoe, Lexique Fulfulde (Maasina)-Anglais-Français: Une compilation basée sur racines et tirée de sources existantes, suivie de listes en anglais-fulfulde et français-fulfulde, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993.
  • M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ella, shortened from earlier elligar. Compare ellegar.

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

ella

  1. else, or else, otherwise

SynonymsEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ella

  1. or

SynonymsEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ella f (plural elle, archaic plural elleno)

  1. (literary, subject form) she
    Synonym: lei

Usage notesEdit

  • The term has largely fallen out of use in the spoken language, in favour/favor of the oblique form lei.

See alsoEdit

Italian personal pronouns (alternate)
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Locative Genitive Disjunctive
Singular third m esso1, egli, elli3 si, s' lo, l' gli vi, v' ne, n' esso, sé
f essa, ella, Ella2 la, l' le, ella3 essa, sé
Plural third m essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3 si, s' li loro vi, v' ne, n' essi, sé
f esse, elle3, elleno3 le esse, elle,3 sé
1 Refers predominantly to non-humans.
2 Highly elevated variant of Lei.
3 Archaic.

AnagramsEdit

Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *ɸalnati.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

·ella

  1. unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs

Derived termsEdit

It is not easy to clearly distinguish between derivatives of this root and derivatives of ·lá (from Proto-Celtic *layeti). See fo·ceird for derivatives of ·lá.

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·ella unchanged ·n-ella
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

PortugueseEdit

PronounEdit

ella f

  1. Obsolete spelling of ela

SothoEdit

VerbEdit

ella

  1. to move towards

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

PronunciationEdit

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈeʝa/ [ˈe.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈeʎa/ [ˈe.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈeʃa/ [ˈe.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈeʒa/ [ˈe.ʒa]

  • Audio (Colombia)(file)
 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒa

  • Syllabification: e‧lla

PronounEdit

ella (plural ellas, masculine él, masculine plural los)

  1. she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)
  2. it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Spanish personal pronouns
nominative dative accusative disjunctive
first person singular yo me mí1
plural masculine2 nosotros nos nosotros
feminine nosotras nosotras
second person singular tuteo tú te ti1
voseo vos vos
formal3 usted le, se4 lo/la5 usted
plural familiar6 masculine2 vosotros os vosotros
feminine vosotras vosotras
formal/general3 ustedes les, se4 los/las5 ustedes
third person singular masculine2 él le, se4 lo él
feminine ella la ella
neuter ello7 lo ello
plural masculine2 ellos les, se4 los ellos
feminine ellas las ellas
reflexive — se sí1
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

Further readingEdit

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