els
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els
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els (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of else.
- c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Unfynyshed) vppon These Wordes of Holye Scrypture, Memorare Nouissima, & Ineternum non Peccabis, Remember the Last Thynges, and Thou shalt Neuer Synne. […]”, in Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], editor, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […], London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, published April 1557, →OCLC, book I, page 80, column 1:
- Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.
- c. 1691, John Aubrey, Naturall Historie of Wiltshire:
- We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.
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Etymology edit
From Latin illos (“those ones”). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles.
Pronoun edit
els
- they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin illōs, from ille.
Pronunciation edit
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əls/, (before voiced sound) /əlz/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /els/, (before voiced sound) /elz/
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els m pl (feminine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)
- the; masculine plural definite article
Pronoun edit
els (proclitic, enclitic los, contracted enclitic 'ls)
- them (masculine, direct or indirect object)
- Els visitaré. ― I'll visit them.
- Els donaré una moneda. ― I'll give them a coin.
- them (feminine, indirect object only)
- Els diré la veritat. ― I'll tell them the truth.
Usage notes edit
- els is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.
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els c
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch else, from Old Dutch *alisa, from Frankish *alisu, from Proto-Germanic *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis-.
Compare German Erle, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.
Noun edit
els m (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)
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- → Papiamentu: èls
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch elsene, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *alisnō, *alusnō. Related to *ēlō, whence Dutch aal, German Ahle, English awl.
Noun edit
els f (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: èls
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Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *elles, genitive of *elli (Middle Dutch el), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas.
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els
Further reading edit
- “el, els”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “els”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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els
- they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender)
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els
- nominative plural of el