sacraal
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin sacrālis or German sakral, itself from Latin.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsacraal (comparative sacraaler, superlative sacraalst)
- holy, sacred [from late 19th c.]
- consecrated, cultic, ritual, ritualistic [from early 20th c.]
- (anatomy) sacral, pertaining to the sacrum [from mid 20th c.]
Declension
editDeclension of sacraal | ||||
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uninflected | sacraal | |||
inflected | sacraale | |||
comparative | sacraaler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | sacraal | sacraaler | het sacraalst het sacraalste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | sacraale | sacraalere | sacraalste |
n. sing. | sacraal | sacraaler | sacraalste | |
plural | sacraale | sacraalere | sacraalste | |
definite | sacraale | sacraalere | sacraalste | |
partitive | sacraals | sacraalers | — |
Descendants
edit- → Indonesian: sakral
References
edit- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press