bestiaal
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French bestial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɛs.tiˈaːl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bes‧ti‧aal
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
bestiaal (comparative bestialer, superlative bestiaalst)
- bestial, beastly
Inflection
| Inflection of bestiaal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bestiaal | |||
| inflected | bestiale | |||
| comparative | bestialer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bestiaal | bestialer | het bestiaalst het bestiaalste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bestiale | bestialere | bestiaalste |
| n. sing. | bestiaal | bestialer | bestiaalste | |
| plural | bestiale | bestialere | bestiaalste | |
| definite | bestiale | bestialere | bestiaalste | |
| partitive | bestiaals | bestialers | — | |
Noun
bestiaal n (plural bestialen, diminutive bestiaaltje n)
- (historical) sale of livestock
- (historical) tax on the sale of livestock
- (obsolete) livestock, cattle