dualis

Danish

Etymology

From Latin duālis.

Adjective

dualis

1. dual

Inflection

Inflection of dualis
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte 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)

1. (grammar) dual (number)

Synonyms

• tweevoud

Latin

Etymology

duo (“two”) +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /duˈaː.lis/, [d̪uˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /duˈa.lis/, [d̪uˈäːlis]

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.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	duālis	duāle		duālēs	duālia
Genitive	duālis			duālium
Dative	duālī			duālibus
Accusative	duālem	duāle		duālēs duālīs	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’s 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