tripalis

Latin

Etymology

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tri- (“three”) +‎ pālus (“stake”, “pale”) +‎ -is (suffix forming adjectives in composition)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /triˈpaː.lis/, [t̪rɪˈpäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /triˈpa.lis/, [t̪riˈpäːlis]

Adjective

tripālis (neuter tripāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. that has, or is propped up by, three stakes or pales

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	tripālis	tripāle		tripālēs	tripālia
Genitive	tripālis			tripālium
Dative	tripālī			tripālibus
Accusative	tripālem	tripāle		tripālēs tripālīs	tripālia
Ablative	tripālī			tripālibus
Vocative	tripālis	tripāle		tripālēs	tripālia

Derived terms

• (Vulgar Latin) tripalium

Descendants

• Aragonese: treballo
• Asturian: trabayu
• Catalan: treball
• Extremaduran: trebaju
• Galician: traballo
• Italian: travaglio
• Ligurian: travàggio
• Occitan: trabalh

• Old French: travauz/travail
  • English: travail, travel
  • French: travail
  • Norman: travas (Guernsey)
• Portuguese: trabalho
• Sardinian: trabadhu, travallu
• Sicilian: travagghiu
• Spanish: trabajo
  • Tagalog: trabaho

References

• “trĭpālis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tripālis” on page 1,976/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)