quegli

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkweʎ.ʎi/
  • Rhymes: -eʎʎi
  • Hyphenation: qué‧gli

Etymology 1

Determiner

quegli

  1. masculine plural of quello
Usage notes
  • Used before a vowel or an impure consonant.

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Italian quelli, via palatalization of /ll/ before /i/ (cf. begli < belli), from Vulgar Latin *eccum illī, alternative nominative singular of Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

quegli m sg

  1. (literary) used to refer to someone distant in terms of space or time from the speaker; that (person) (as a subject)

See also

Further reading

  • quegli in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • Questi e altri pronomi soggetto in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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