els

See also: ELs, Els, -els, and eļš

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

els

1. plural of el

Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

els (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of else.
   • John Aubrey (1626-1697)

     We have a custome, that when one sneezes, every one els putts off his hatt, and bowes, and cries God bless ye Sir.

AnagramsEdit

• -les-, ESL, LES, LSE, Les, LαEs, SLE, les

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illōs, from ille.

ArticleEdit

els m pl (feminine plural les, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)

1. the; masculine plural definite article

PronounEdit

els (proclitic, enclitic los, contracted enclitic 'ls)

1. them (masculine, direct or indirect object).
2. them (feminine, indirect object only).

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-.

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

els c

1. genitive singular indefinite of el

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DutchEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *alisō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisos. Compare German Erle, English alder, Danish el, Norwegian older, Icelandic elri.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɛls

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NounEdit

els m (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

1. alder

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Dutch elsene, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *alisnō, *alusnō. Related to *ēlō, whence Dutch aal, German Ahle, English awl.

NounEdit

els f (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

1. (leather working) awl
2. (printing) bodkin

AnagramsEdit

• les

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Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch *elles, genitive of *elli (Middle Dutch el), from Proto-Germanic *aljaz.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /els/

AdverbEdit

els

1. elsewhere

Further readingEdit

• “el, els”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “els”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin illōs, from ille.

PronounEdit

els

1. they (masculine, common, and indeterminate gender)

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

els

1. indefinite genitive singular of el

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VolapükEdit

ArticleEdit

els

1. nominative plural of el