virginalis

Latin

Etymology

From virgō (“maid, virgin”) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ir.ɡiˈnaː.lis/, [u̯ɪrɡɪˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vir.d͡ʒiˈna.lis/, [vird͡ʒiˈnäːlis]

Adjective

virginālis (neuter virgināle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. maidenly; of or pertaining to a maiden or virgin

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	virginālis	virgināle		virginālēs	virginālia
Genitive	virginālis			virginālium
Dative	virginālī			virginālibus
Accusative	virginālem	virgināle		virginālēs virginālīs	virginālia
Ablative	virginālī			virginālibus
Vocative	virginālis	virgināle		virginālēs	virginālia

Related terms

• virgineus
• virginitās
• virginor
• virginārius
• virgō

 

Descendants

• English: virginal
• French: virginal
• Galician: virxinal
• Italian: verginale
• Portuguese: virginal
• Romanian: virginal
• Spanish: virginal

References

• “virginalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “virginalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• virginalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.