nivalis

Latin

Etymology

Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

nivālis (neuter nivāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. snowy
2. snow-covered

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	nivālis	nivāle		nivālēs	nivālia
genitive	nivālis			nivālium
dative	nivālī			nivālibus
accusative	nivālem	nivāle		nivālīs nivālēs	nivālia
ablative	nivālī			nivālibus
vocative	nivālis	nivāle		nivālēs	nivālia

Related terms

• nivātus
• niveus
• nivōsus
• nix

Descendants

• Italian: nivale
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *nivālia (fem. noun based on original neuter plural)
  • Walloon: nivaie

References

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