-bilis
See also: bilis and bílis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *-ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European i-stem form *-dʰli- of *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”). Akin to -bulum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bi.lis/, [bɪ.lɪs] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-bilis m or f (neuter -bile); third declension
- -(a)ble; used to form an adjective, usually from a verb, indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon.
Usage notes
The suffix -bilis is added to a verb to form an adjective noun of relationship to that verb.
- Examples:
- stabilis (“stable”), from stō (“stand”)
- habilis (“handy, skillful”), from habeō (“to have”) (with haplology, for *habibilis)
- nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“to marry”) (with haplology, for *nūbibilis)
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -bilis | -bile | -bilēs | -bilia | |
| Genitive | -bilis | -bilis | -bilium | -bilium | |
| Dative | -bilī | -bilī | -bilibus | -bilibus | |
| Accusative | -bilem | -bile | -bilēs, -bilīs | -bilia | |
| Ablative | -bilī | -bilī | -bilibus | -bilibus | |
| Vocative | -bilis | -bile | -bilēs | -bilia | |
- comparative: -bilior, superlative: -bilissimus
Derived terms
- -ābilis
- -ibilis
Descendants
- English: -able, -ible
- Esperanto: -ebla, ebla
- French: -able
- Italian: -abile, -evole
- Portuguese: -ável, -ível
- Romanian: -abil, -ibil
- Spanish: -able
- Turkish: -abilmek, -ebilmek
See also
- -ilis
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