legalis

See also: legális

Latin

Etymology

lex +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leːˈɡaː.lis/, [ɫ̪eːˈɡäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈɡa.lis/, [leˈɡäːlis]

Adjective

lēgālis (neuter lēgāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. legal
2. (relational) law

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	lēgālis	lēgāle		lēgālēs	lēgālia
Genitive	lēgālis			lēgālium
Dative	lēgālī			lēgālibus
Accusative	lēgālem	lēgāle		lēgālēs lēgālīs	lēgālia
Ablative	lēgālī			lēgālibus
Vocative	lēgālis	lēgāle		lēgālēs	lēgālia

Derived terms

• illegalis

Related terms

• lex

Descendants

• Asturian: lleal, llegal
• Catalan: lleial, legal
• → English: legal
• Old French: leal, leial
  • → English: leal
  • Middle French: loyal
    • → English: loyal
    • French: loyal
  • Norman: louoya
  • Walloon: lweyål
• → French: légal
  • → Dutch: legaal
• Friulian: leâl, legâl
• Italian: leale, legale
• Ladin: leal

• Occitan: leial
• Portuguese: leal, legal
• Romanian: leal, legal
• Sardinian: leale, leali, legale, legali, ligali
• Sicilian: liali, ligali
• Spanish: leal, legal
• Swedish: legal
• Venetian: łeałe, łegałe

References

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