celle-là French · revision 17668

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|origins=la ecce, la ille}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''celle-là''' (feminine singular; masculine '''celui-là''', plural '''ceux-là''', '''celles-là''')^(TLFi)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|celle|là]], the feminine of [[celui-là]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The first element continues the Old French subject case [[m|fro|cele]], from [[la-vul|*ecce illa]], formed from [[m|la|ecce|t=behold]] reinforcing [[m|la|ille|t=that]], the source of [[il]] and [[le]]; the adverb is from [[m|la|illāc|t=there]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|4, 547a) The Old French demonstratives from that compound marked distance, as opposed to those from [[m|la-vul|*ecce iste]].^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old French ''cele'' could be both adjective and pronoun.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) As the old contrast between ''cist'' (near) and ''cil'' (far) weakened, the adverbs ''-ci'' and ''-là'' were added to express nearness and distance: forms such as ''cestui-là'', ''celui-là'' and ''cele-là'' appear, and the specialization of ''celui'', ''celle'' as pronouns took place between the mid-14th and the late 15th century.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The modern system, ''celui-ci'' / ''celui-là'', ''celle-ci'' / ''celle-là'', was generalized in the 17th century.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Pronoun===

+ # That one, referring to a feminine noun more distant in space or time than another, in contrast with [[celle-ci]].^(TLFi)

+ # The former, as opposed to ''celle-ci'', the latter.^(TLFi)

+ # ''(used alone)'' That woman, that thing, the one present or just mentioned.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[celui-là]]

+ * [[celle-ci]]

+ * [[celle]]

+ * [[là]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}