Latin edit

Etymology edit

From rūs, rūris (countryside) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

rūrālis (neuter rūrāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the countryside, rural, rustic.

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative rūrālis rūrāle rūrālēs rūrālia
Genitive rūrālis rūrālium
Dative rūrālī rūrālibus
Accusative rūrālem rūrāle rūrālēs
rūrālīs
rūrālia
Ablative rūrālī rūrālibus
Vocative rūrālis rūrāle rūrālēs rūrālia

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: rural
  • Corsican: rurale
  • Friulian: rurâl
  • Galician: rural
  • German: rural
  • Italian: rurale
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rural
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rural
  • Old French: rural
  • Piedmontese: rural
  • Portuguese: rural
  • Romanian: rural
  • Spanish: rural

References edit

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