ferial
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English ferial, from Medieval Latin fēriālis, from Latin fēria (“weekday”) (whence the first sense), fēriae (“holidays”) (whence the second).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ferial (not comparable)
- (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
- Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday.
- 1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow[1], London: Chatto & Windus, page 289:
- [They] / Dance within the magic shade / That makes them drunken, merry, and strong / To laugh and sing their ferial song : / ‘Free, free . . . !’
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 7: Aeolus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 136:
- In ferial tone he addressed J. J. O’Molloy: — Taylor had come there, you must know, from a sick bed.
Translations edit
festive — see festive
Noun edit
ferial (plural ferials)
- (ecclesiastical) A feria.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ferial (strong nominative masculine singular ferialer, not comparable)
Declension edit
Positive forms of ferial (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist ferial | sie ist ferial | es ist ferial | sie sind ferial | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ferialer | feriale | feriales | feriale |
genitive | ferialen | ferialer | ferialen | ferialer | |
dative | ferialem | ferialer | ferialem | ferialen | |
accusative | ferialen | feriale | feriales | feriale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der feriale | die feriale | das feriale | die ferialen |
genitive | des ferialen | der ferialen | des ferialen | der ferialen | |
dative | dem ferialen | der ferialen | dem ferialen | den ferialen | |
accusative | den ferialen | die feriale | das feriale | die ferialen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ferialer | eine feriale | ein feriales | (keine) ferialen |
genitive | eines ferialen | einer ferialen | eines ferialen | (keiner) ferialen | |
dative | einem ferialen | einer ferialen | einem ferialen | (keinen) ferialen | |
accusative | einen ferialen | eine feriale | ein feriales | (keine) ferialen |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ferial” in Duden online
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin fēriālis; equivalent to ferie (“weekday”) + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ferial
- (chiefly Late Middle English) ferial (pertaining to an ordinary day)
Descendants edit
- English: ferial
References edit
- “fēriāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French edit
Adjective edit
ferial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular feriale)
- ferial (pertaining to a holiday)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ferial m or f (masculine and feminine plural feriales)
Further reading edit
- “ferial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014