Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ālis

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Alternative forms

• *-āris

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Suffix

*-ālis

2. forms relational adjectives

Usage notes

• The form *-āris usually appears after an *-l- but otherwise manifests as *-ālis.

Declension

Declension of *-ālis (i-stem)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-ālis	*-ālis	*-āli
vocative	*-ālis	*-ālis	*-āli
accusative	*-ālim	*-ālim	*-āli
genitive	*-āleis	*-āleis	*-āleis
dative	*-ālei	*-ālei	*-ālei
ablative	*-ālīd	*-ālīd	*-ālīd
locative	*-ālei	*-ālei	*-ālei
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-ālēs	*-ālēs	*-āljā
vocative	*-ālēs	*-ālēs	*-āljā
accusative	*-ālins	*-ālins	*-āljā
genitive	*-āljom	*-āljom	*-āljom
dative	*-āliβos	*-āliβos	*-āliβos
ablative	*-āliβos	*-āliβos	*-āliβos
locative	*-āliβos	*-āliβos	*-āliβos

Descendants

• Latin: -ālis, -āris
• Oscan: -𐌀𐌓𐌝𐌌 (-arím, acc. sg. f.)
• Paelignian: -ar (nom. sg.)
• Umbrian: -ale (loc./abl. sg. or nom./acc. sg. n.), -alem (acc. sg.), -alir (gen. sg.), -arem (acc. sg. f.), -are (acc. sg. n.)