eyos

Ladino

Alternative forms

• ellos

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ellos (“they”), from Latin illōs, accusative masculine plural of ille. Doublet of los.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈejos/

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Pronoun

eyos m pl (feminine eyas, Hebrew spelling אילייוס)

1. they [16th c.]
   • 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎^[1], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 188:

     I kedava la kaza entera kon todos los byenes en poder de estos guardyanes komo si fueran eyos mizmos los patrones, i eran sirvidos en gaste de el patron de la kaza.

     And these caretakers, as if they themselves were the owners, kept custody over the entire house and all of its belongings, and the [real] homeowner served them by [paying] the expenses.

   • 2002, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[2], numbers 68–72, page 53:

     I despues me fui a un balo, ma eyos
     me metieron endjuntos kon perros i gatos
     i ainda mis pasos eran mizurados i kontados.

     And then I went to a ball, but they put me together with dogs and cats, and yet my steps were measured and counted.

2. prepositional of eyos [16th c.]
   • 1999, Eliezer Papo, La megila de Saray‎^[3], E. Papo, page 106:

     Siguro le vinieron algunos chuilis ke manyana parten i intonses tenia ke fazer fecho kon eyos agora.

     Surely some peasants that leave tomorrow came thereto, so [somebody] has to deal with them now.