medalia
See also: medalía
Latin
editEtymology
editSubstantiviation of mediālia (with loss of the first /j/ via dissimilation), neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adj), from Classical Latin medius + -ālis. Attested in a ninth-century gloss, with the sense of 'half a denarius', the predominant meaning in Romance. Non-numismatic senses remain, however, in Sardinian and regional Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese.[1]
Noun
editmedālia f (genitive medāliae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)
Inflection
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | medālia | medāliae |
Genitive | medāliae | medāliārum |
Dative | medāliae | medāliīs |
Accusative | medāliam | medāliās |
Ablative | medāliā | medāliīs |
Vocative | medālia | medāliae |
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
References
edit- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “meádza”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “medialis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 574
Romanian
editEtymology
editBack-formation from medaliat
Verb
edita medalia (third-person singular present medaliează, past participle medaliat) 1st conj.
- to medal
Conjugation
edit conjugation of medalia (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a medalia | ||||||
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gerund | medaliind | ||||||
past participle | medaliat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | medaliez | medaliezi | medaliază | medaliem | medaliați | medaliază | |
imperfect | medaliam | medaliai | medalia | medaliam | medaliați | medaliau | |
simple perfect | medaliai | medaliași | medalie | medaliarăm | medaliarăți | medaliară | |
pluperfect | medaliasem | medaliaseși | medaliase | medaliaserăm | medaliaserăți | medaliaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să medaliez | să medaliezi | să medalieze | să medaliem | să medaliați | să medalieze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | medaliază | medaliați | |||||
negative | nu medalia | nu medaliați |