loial
English
Adjective
loial (comparative more loial, superlative most loial)
- Archaic spelling of loyal.
Old French
Alternative forms
- leal
- leel
- leial
- loyel
Etymology
From older leial, from Latin legālis. Compare Old Occitan leial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lojˈal/
Adjective
loial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular loial)
- loyal
Declension
Declension of loial
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | loiaus | loial (later loiale) | loial |
| Oblique | loial | loial (later loiale) | loial | |
| Plural | Subject | loial | loiaus (later loiales) | loial |
| Oblique | loiaus | loiaus (later loiales) | loial |
Related terms
- loi/lei
- loiauté
Descendants
- Middle French: loyal
- → English: loyal
- French: loyal
- Walloon: lweyål