'l

See also: Appendix:Variations of “l”

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction of the article el.

Article

'l m sg

1. (definite) the

   Daniel ye'l direutor.

   Daniel is the director

Usage notes

• The article el contracts to 'l after a word that ends in a vowel, if the following word begins with a consonant.

Related terms

• el
• l'

Catalan

Pronoun

'l

1. Contraction of lo.

Usage notes

• 'l is the reduced (reduïda) form of the pronoun. It is used after verbs ending with a vowel.

  Mira'l. ― Look at him.

Declension

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-.

Italian

Article

'l m sg

1. (after vowels) Archaic form of il

Leonese

Article

'l m sg

1. Apocopic form of el: the

Usage notes

• The article el contracts to 'l after a word that ends in a vowel, if the following word begins with a consonant.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Contraction of bheil.

Verb

'l

1. Syncopic form of bheil

   Cà 'l thu dol? ― Where you going?

   'L fhios a'd? ― D' you know?

Usage notes

• Colloquial. Rarely written except in representation of speech.