'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

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-.

Italian

Etymology

Derived from Italian lo (“the”)

Article

'l m sg

1. (after vowels) archaic form of il

Leonese

Article

'l m sg

1. apheretic 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 (colloquial)

1. apheretic form of bheil

   Cà 'l thu dol? ― Where you going?

   'L fhios a'd? ― D' you know?