See also: ELS, ELs, Els, èls, -els, and eļš

English

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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els

  1. plural of el

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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els (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of else.
    • c. 1522 (date written), Thomas More, “A Treatyce (Vnfynyshed) 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 30 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.

Anagrams

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin illos (those ones). Akin to Spanish ellos and Portuguese eles.

Pronoun

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els

  1. they (third-person plural masculine pronoun)

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin illōs, from ille.

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

  1. the; masculine plural definite article

Pronoun

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

  1. them (masculine, direct or indirect object)
    Els visitaré.I'll visit them.
    Els donaré una moneda.I'll give them a coin.
  2. them (feminine, indirect object only)
    Els diré la veritat.I'll tell them the truth.

Usage notes

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  • els is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.

Declension

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Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
singular 1st
person
standard jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person
standard tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd
person
m ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
f ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
n ho -ho li -li seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person
standard vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd
person
m ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
f 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-.

Danish

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Noun

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els c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of el

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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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

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els m (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

  1. alder, tree of the genus Alnus
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Descendants
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  • Papiamentu: èls

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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els f (plural elzen, diminutive elsje n)

  1. (leather working) awl
  2. (printing) bodkin
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  • Papiamentu: èls

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Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin illās.

Pronoun

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els f pl (postpositive -els) (ORB, broad)

  1. they (third-person plural feminine nominative)

See also

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Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
singular 1st person jo min
2nd person te tin
3rd person masculine il lo / le lui sin
feminine el la lyé
neuter o y
reflexive
plural 1st person nos noutro
2nd person vos voutro
3rd person masculine ils los / les lor lor
feminine els les lor / lyés
reflexive

1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition.   2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

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  • els in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

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Adverb

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els

  1. elsewhere

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Romansch

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Etymology

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From Latin illōs, from ille.

Pronoun

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els

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

Swedish

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Noun

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els

  1. indefinite genitive singular of el

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Volapük

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els

  1. nominative plural of el