personalis

Latin

Etymology

From persōna (“person”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /per.soːˈnaː.lis/, [pɛrs̠oːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.soˈna.lis/, [persoˈnäːlis]

Adjective

persōnālis (neuter persōnāle, adverb persōnāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. personal; of or belonging to a person

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	persōnālis	persōnāle		persōnālēs	persōnālia
Genitive	persōnālis			persōnālium
Dative	persōnālī			persōnālibus
Accusative	persōnālem	persōnāle		persōnālēs persōnālīs	persōnālia
Ablative	persōnālī			persōnālibus
Vocative	persōnālis	persōnāle		persōnālēs	persōnālia

Derived terms

• persōnāliter
• impersōnālis

Descendants

• English: personal, personnel
• French: personnel
• Italian: personale

• Portuguese: pessoal
• Romanian: personal
• Spanish: personal

References

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