dualis

Danish

Etymology

From Latin duālis.

Adjective

dualis

  1. dual

Inflection
Inflection of dualis
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular dualis — —2
Indefinite 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/
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  • Hyphenation: du‧a‧lis

Noun

dualis m (plural dualissen or duales)

  1. (grammar) dual (number)

Synonyms

Latin

Etymology

duo (“two”) +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

Adjective

duālis (neuter duāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. 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.
      It is not, as some state, a case of the dual number, the which is not found in the latin tongue.

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

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)

  1. (grammar) dual (number)

Synonyms
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