dualis
Danish
Etymology
From Latin duālis.
Adjective
dualis
- dual
Inflection
| Inflection of dualis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | dualis | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | dualist | — | —2 |
| Plural | dualise | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | dualise | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdyˈaː.lɪs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: du‧a‧lis
Noun
dualis m (plural dualissen or duales)
- (grammar) dual (number)
Synonyms
- tweevoud
Latin
Etymology
duō (“two”) + -ālis
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /duˈaː.lis/, [d̪uˈäːlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /duˈa.lis/, [d̪uˈäːlis]
Adjective
duālis (neuter duāle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- dual
- 4th century CE, Maurus Servius Honoratus, In tria Virgilii Opera Expositio
- Nec est ut quidam dicunt dualis numerus, qui apud Latinos numquam penitus invenitur.
- 4th century CE, Maurus Servius Honoratus, In tria Virgilii Opera Expositio
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | duālis | duāle | duālēs | duālia | |
| Genitive | duālis | duālium | |||
| Dative | duālī | duālibus | |||
| Accusative | duālem | duāle | duālēs duālīs | duālia | |
| Ablative | duālī | duālibus | |||
| Vocative | duālis | duāle | duālēs | duālia | |
Related terms
- duālitas
Descendants
- Dutch: dualis
- English: dual
- French: duel
- Italian: duale
- Spanish: dual
References
- “dualis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dualis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dualis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duālis.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: du‧a‧lis
Noun
dualis m (definite singular dualisen, indefinite plural dualiser, definite plural dualisene)
- (grammar) dual (number)
Synonyms
- totall