See also: Ells
English
Noun
ells
- plural of ell
- 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
- These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin illōs, accusative masculine plural of ille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈe̞ʎs]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈeʎs]
- (also Valencia) IPA(key): [ˈeʎʃ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Pronoun
ells
- they (masculine or mixed group)
Declension
| number | person | nominative | proclitic | enclitic | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| accusative | dative | accusative | dative | |||||
| singular | 1st | standard | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu | ||
| majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||||
| 2nd | standard | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | |||
| formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||||
| very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | li | -lo, ’l | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd | m | ell | el, l’ | li | -lo, ’l | -li | seu | |
| f | ella | la, l’4 | li | -la | -li | seu | ||
| n | ― | ho | li | -ho | -li | seu | ||
| plural | ||||||||
| 1st | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||||
| 2nd | standard | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | vostre | |||
| formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||||
| 3rd | m | ells | els | -los, ’ls | seu | |||
| f | elles | les | els | -les | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd reflexive | si | 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-.