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Etymology

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From Latin duālis.

Adjective

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dualis

  1. dual

Inflection

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Inflection of dualis
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular dualis 2
Indefinite neuter singular dualist 2
Plural dualise 2
Definite attributive1 dualise
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin duālis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌdyˈaː.lɪs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: du‧a‧lis

Noun

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dualis m (plural dualissen or duales)

  1. (grammar) dual (number)

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Latin

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Etymology

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duo (two) +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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duālis (neuter duāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. dual
    • 4th century CE, Maurus Servius Honoratus, In tria Virgilii Opera Expositio [1]
      Nec est ut quidam dicunt dualis numerus, qui apud Latinos numquam penitus invenitur.
      It is not, as some state, a case of the dual number, the which is not found in the latin tongue.

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative duālis duāle duālēs duālia
Genitive duālis duālium
Dative duālī duālibus
Accusative duālem duāle duālēs
duālīs
duālia
Ablative duālī duālibus
Vocative duālis duāle duālēs duālia
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Descendants

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  • Dutch: dualis
  • English: dual
  • French: duel
  • Italian: duale
  • Spanish: dual

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin duālis.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: du‧a‧lis

Noun

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dualis m (definite singular dualisen, indefinite plural dualiser, definite plural dualisene)

  1. (grammar) dual (number)

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