nivalis
Latin
Etymology
Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niˈu̯aː.lis/, [niˈu̯äːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈva.lis/, [niˈväːlis]
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nivālis | nivāle | nivālēs | nivālia | |
| Genitive | nivālis | nivālium | |||
| Dative | nivālī | nivālibus | |||
| Accusative | nivālem | nivāle | nivālēs nivālīs |
nivālia | |
| Ablative | nivālī | nivālibus | |||
| Vocative | nivālis | nivāle | nivālēs | nivālia | |
Descendants
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nivālia (fem. noun based on original neuter plural)
- Walloon: nivaie
References
- “nivalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nivalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nivalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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