primordialis

Latin

Etymology

From prīmōrdium +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /priː.moːr.diˈaː.lis/, [priːmoːrd̪iˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pri.mor.diˈa.lis/, [primord̪iˈäːlis]

Adjective

prīmōrdiālis (neuter prīmōrdiāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. original, primordial

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	prīmōrdiālis	prīmōrdiāle		prīmōrdiālēs	prīmōrdiālia
Genitive	prīmōrdiālis			prīmōrdiālium
Dative	prīmōrdiālī			prīmōrdiālibus
Accusative	prīmōrdiālem	prīmōrdiāle		prīmōrdiālēs prīmōrdiālīs	prīmōrdiālia
Ablative	prīmōrdiālī			prīmōrdiālibus
Vocative	prīmōrdiālis	prīmōrdiāle		prīmōrdiālēs	prīmōrdiālia

Derived terms

• prīmōrdiāliter

Descendants

• Catalan: primordial
• French: primordial
• Galician: primordial
• Italian: primordiale
• Occitan: primordial
• Portuguese: primordial
• Spanish: primordial

References

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