natalis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós

Proto-Italic *gnātos

Latin gnātus

Latin nātus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin nātālis

From nātus + -ālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

nātālis (neuter nātāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. natal (of one's birth)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	nātālis	nātāle		nātālēs	nātālia
genitive	nātālis			nātālium
dative	nātālī			nātālibus
accusative	nātālem	nātāle		nātālīs nātālēs	nātālia
ablative	nātālī			nātālibus
vocative	nātālis	nātāle		nātālēs	nātālia

Descendants

• → English: natal
• → French: natal
• Italian: natale
• → Piedmontese: natal
• → Romanian: natal
• → Portuguese: natal
• → Spanish: natal

Noun

nātālis m (genitive nātālis); third declension

1. birthday
2. anniversary

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

	singular	plural
nominative	nātālis	nātālēs
genitive	nātālis	nātālium
dative	nātālī	nātālibus
accusative	nātālem	nātālēs nātālīs
ablative	nātāle nātālī	nātālibus
vocative	nātālis	nātālēs

Descendants

• Catalan: Nadal, nadal
• Old French: Noel, Naël, Nohel, Noiel, Nouel, Nowel
  • → Middle English: Nowel, Noel
    • English: Noel, Noël, noel, noël, nowel, nowell
  • Middle French: Noël
    • French: Noël, noël
      • Swedish: Noel
      • Turkish: Noel
• Friulian: Nadâl
• Italian: Natale
• Occitan: nadal
• Piedmontese: Natal
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Natal, Nadal
  • Galician: Nadal
  • Portuguese: Natal (see there for further descendants)
• Romansh: Nadal
• Sardinian: nadabi, nadale, nadali, nedali, natale
• Spanish: nadal
• Venetan: Nadal
• Yiddish: ניטל (nitl)

References

• “natalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “natalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "natalis", 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)
• “natalis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• lanista