alius
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elios. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄλλος, αἶλος (Arcadocypriot), Modern Greek αλλιώς, Armenian այլ (ayl), Proto-Celtic *al(i)yo, Gotic aljis, Old Irish aile, Old English elles, English else, Breton eil, Welsh all-, Cornish yl, Gaulish allos (in La Graufesenque), Proto-Germanic *aljeso (adverbial use of genitive neuter form of Proto-Germanic *aljo- ), Swedish eljest, Danish ellers, Norwegian ellers.
[edit] Adjective
alius m. (feminine alia, neuter aliud); first/second declension
[edit] Inflection
Irregular declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | alius | alia | aliud | aliī | aliae | alia | |
| genitive | alterīus | alterīus | alterīus | aliōrum | aliārum | aliōrum | |
| dative | aliī | aliī | aliī | aliīs | aliīs | aliīs | |
| accusative | alium | aliam | aliud | aliōs | aliās | alia | |
| ablative | aliō | aliā | aliō | aliīs | aliīs | aliīs | |
| vocative | alie | alia | aliud | aliī | aliae | alia | |