celui-là French · revision 16744

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=15th century|origins=la ecce, la ille}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sə.lɥi.la/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''celui-là''' ''m'' (feminine celle-là, masculine plural ceux-là, feminine plural celles-là)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fr|celui|-là]], from the demonstrative [[celui]] and the adverb [[là]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Wiktionary) The demonstrative comes from [[la-vul|*ecce illui]], from [[la|ecce|t=behold]] reinforcing the demonstrative [[m|la|ille|t=that]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) It was the dative of the Old French series, beside the subject [[m|fro|cil]] and the accusative [[m|fro|cel]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) The pronouns [[celui-ci]] (1372) and “celui-là” were created to make up for the loss of the old opposition between the demonstratives of nearness ([[m|fro|cist]], [[m|fro|cestui]]) and those of distance.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Bloch and Wartburg date it to the 15th century; reinforcement of the old demonstrative by ''là'' is found from about 1160 (''Eneas'').^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Between the mid-14th and the late 15th century ''celui'' became a pronoun only, while the distinction between ''cestui'' and ''celui'' faded; the adverbs ''ci'' and ''là'' took over the expression of nearness and distance.^(DHLF 1992) The modern system was complete in the 17th century.^(DHLF 1992) Popular speech contracts it to ''çui-là''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 881 – Old French demonstrative ''cels'', ''Eulalie''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1372 – ''Celui-ci''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 15th century – ''Celui-là''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 17th century – The modern system of demonstratives is complete.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Pronoun===

+ # That one, the one there, as opposed to ''celui-ci'': ''je préfère celui-là''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # The former, as opposed to ''celui-ci'' “the latter”.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(emphatic, familiar)'' That person: ''celui-là, alors !'', ''celle-là, je ne l'ai pas vue venir''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[çui-là]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[celui-ci]]

+ * [[ce]]

+ * [[celui]]

+ * [[celle]]

+ * [[ceux]]

+ * [[celles]]

+ * [[ceci]]

+ * [[celle-ci]]

+ * [[ceux-ci]]

+ * [[celles-ci]]

+ * [[celle-là]]

+ * [[ceux-là]]

+ * [[cela]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}