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

  1. other, another

[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

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