elas

See also: ELAS, elás, and -elas

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese elas, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille. The dative form is from Latin illīs.

Pronoun

elas f pl (accusative as, dative lles)

1. they

Usage notes

The accusative form as has variant forms las and nas. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The form las is used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The nas form is used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong. These alternative forms are then suffixed to the preceding word.

The accusative also forms contractions when it immediately follows an indirect object pronoun. For example, Dou che as (“I gave you them”) contracts to Dou chas.

Related terms

• el
• ela
• eles

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronoun

elas f (masculine eles)

1. they (third-person singular subject pronoun)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese elas, from Latin illās, accusative feminine plural of ille.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.lɐʃ/
• Hyphenation: e‧las

Pronoun

elas f pl

1. they (a group of people other than the speaker, entirely female)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ele.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
											o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
				se (reflexive)			si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco		vocês
											os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
				se (reflexive)			si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite				se (reflexive)			si (reflexive)		consigo (reflexive)

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elas

1. genitive plural of el