quegli

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkweʎ.ʎi/ Rhymes: -eʎʎi Hyphenation: qué‧gli === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Determiner ==== quegli masculine plural of quello ===== Usage notes ===== Used before a vowel or an impure consonant. ==== Further reading ==== quegli in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) === Etymology 2 === Inherited 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 ==== quelli (Old Italian) quei (Old Italian) ==== Pronoun ==== quegli m sg (literary) (subject) used to refer to someone distant in terms of space or time from the speaker; that (person) ===== Usage notes ===== Chiefly used as subject, quello is its disjunctive form. ==== See also ==== ==== Further reading ==== Questi e altri pronomi soggetto prontuario in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia dell'Italiano (2011), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === References ===