dualis

Danish

Etymology

From Latin duālis.

Adjective

dualis

1. dual

Inflection

Inflection of dualis

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	dualis	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	dualist	—	—2
plural	dualise	—	—2
definite attributive1	dualise	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdyˈaː.lɪs/

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• Hyphenation: du‧a‧lis

Noun

dualis m (plural dualissen or duales, no diminutive)

1. (grammar) dual (number)

Synonyms

• tweevoud

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Italic *duō

Latin duo

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin duālis

From duo (“two”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [duˈaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [duˈaː.lis]

Adjective

duālis (neuter duāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. dual
   • 4th century CE, Maurus Servius Honoratus, In tria Virgilii Opera Expositio [1]

     Nec est ut quidam dicunt dualis numerus, qui apud Latinos numquam penitus invenitur.

     It is not, as some state, a case of the dual number, the which is not found in the latin tongue.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	duālis	duāle		duālēs	duālia
genitive	duālis			duālium
dative	duālī			duālibus
accusative	duālem	duāle		duālīs duālēs	duālia
ablative	duālī			duālibus
vocative	duālis	duāle		duālēs	duālia

Related terms

• duālitas

Descendants

• Dutch: dualis
• English: dual
• French: duel
• Italian: duale
• Spanish: dual

References

• “dualis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "dualis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “dualis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin duālis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du‧a‧lis

Noun

dualis m (definite singular dualisen, indefinite plural dualiser, definite plural dualisene)

1. (grammar) dual (number)

Synonyms

• totall