-bilis

See also: bilis and bílis

Latin

From Proto-Italic *-ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European i-stem form *-dʰlis of *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”). Akin to -bulum.

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bi.lis/, [bɪlʲɪs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bi.lis/, [bilis] (stressed on the antepenult)

-bilis (neuter -bile); third-declension two-termination suffix

-(a)ble; used to form an adjective, usually from a verb, indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon.

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)

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	-bilis	-bile	-bilēs	-bilia
Genitive	-bilis		-bilium
Dative	-bilī		-bilibus
Accusative	-bilem	-bile	-bilēs -bilīs	-bilia
Ablative	-bilī		-bilibus
Vocative	-bilis	-bile	-bilēs	-bilia