A 19th-century shortening of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.
Ella (countable and uncountable, plural Ellas)
Ella
Ella
Shortening of Elisabeth. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Ella f
Ella f
Matronymics
singular | |
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indefinite | |
nominative | Ella |
accusative | Ellu |
dative | Ellu |
genitive | Ellu |
Originally a diminutive form of Elina, Elisabet, etc.
Ella
Inflection of Ella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ella | Ellat | |
genitive | Ellan | Ellojen | |
partitive | Ellaa | Elloja | |
illative | Ellaan | Elloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ella | Ellat | |
accusative | nom. | Ella | Ellat |
gen. | Ellan | ||
genitive | Ellan | Ellojen Ellain rare | |
partitive | Ellaa | Elloja | |
inessive | Ellassa | Elloissa | |
elative | Ellasta | Elloista | |
illative | Ellaan | Elloihin | |
adessive | Ellalla | Elloilla | |
ablative | Ellalta | Elloilta | |
allative | Ellalle | Elloille | |
essive | Ellana | Elloina | |
translative | Ellaksi | Elloiksi | |
abessive | Ellatta | Elloitta | |
instructive | — | Elloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Ella
Ella
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Ella | Ellák |
accusative | Ellát | Ellákat |
dative | Ellának | Elláknak |
instrumental | Ellával | Ellákkal |
causal-final | Elláért | Ellákért |
translative | Ellává | Ellákká |
terminative | Elláig | Ellákig |
essive-formal | Ellaként | Ellákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Ellában | Ellákban |
superessive | Ellán | Ellákon |
adessive | Ellánál | Elláknál |
illative | Ellába | Ellákba |
sublative | Ellára | Ellákra |
allative | Ellához | Ellákhoz |
elative | Ellából | Ellákból |
delative | Elláról | Ellákról |
ablative | Ellától | Elláktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Elláé | Elláké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Elláéi | Ellákéi |
Possessive forms of Ella | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Ellám | Elláim |
2nd person sing. | Ellád | Elláid |
3rd person sing. | Ellája | Ellái |
1st person plural | Ellánk | Elláink |
2nd person plural | Ellátok | Elláitok |
3rd person plural | Ellájuk | Elláik |
Ella f
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Locative | Genitive | Disjunctive |
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Singular | third | m | esso1, egli, elli3 | si, s' | lo, l' | gli | vi, v' | ne, n' | esso, sé |
f | essa, ella, Ella2 | la, l' | le, ella3 | essa, sé | |||||
Plural | third | m | essi, eglino3, ellino3, elli3 | si, s' | li | loro | vi, v' | ne, n' | essi, sé |
f | esse, elle3, elleno3 | le | esse, elle,3 sé | ||||||
1 | Refers predominantly to non-humans. | ||||||||
2 | Highly elevated variant of Lei. | ||||||||
3 | Archaic. |
Ella
Ella m
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Ella m
Note that even though Ella is a feminine ōn-stem proper noun, its natural gender is masculine.
Ella n (plural Ellren)
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Ella c (genitive Ellas)