carnalis

Latin

Etymology

From carō, carnis (“flesh”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /karˈnaː.lis/, [kärˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈna.lis/, [kärˈnäːlis]

Adjective

carnālis (neuter carnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. fleshly
2. carnal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	carnālis	carnāle		carnālēs	carnālia
Genitive	carnālis			carnālium
Dative	carnālī			carnālibus
Accusative	carnālem	carnāle		carnālēs carnālīs	carnālia
Ablative	carnālī			carnālibus
Vocative	carnālis	carnāle		carnālēs	carnālia

Descendants

• Catalan: carnal
• Dalmatian: carnual
• English: carnal, charnel
• French: charnel
• Italian: carnale

• Old Galician-Portuguese: carnal
• Portuguese: carnal
• Romanian: carnal
• Spanish: carnal

References

• “carnalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• carnalis 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)
• carnalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.