burgensis

Latin

Etymology

    From burgus (fort; walled town; borough) +‎ -ēnsis (forming locative adjectives).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    burgēnsis (neuter burgēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

    1. pertaining to a castle
    2. pertaining to a town or city
    3. having the status of a citizen

    Declension

    Third-declension two-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative burgēnsis burgēnse burgēnsēs burgēnsia
    genitive burgēnsis burgēnsium
    dative burgēnsī burgēnsibus
    accusative burgēnsem burgēnse burgēnsēs
    burgēnsīs
    burgēnsia
    ablative burgēnsī burgēnsibus
    vocative burgēnsis burgēnse burgēnsēs burgēnsia

    Descendants

    • Italo-Dalmatian
      • Italian: borghese
      • Sicilian: burgisi
    • Old Catalan: burgès
    • Old French: borgeis, borjois, burgeis, burgeys, burgois, burgeois, bourgois
      • Old French: bourgesie, borgoisie (citizenship)
        • French: bourgeoisie (see there for further descendants)
        • Middle English: *burgeisie, borgeysye
    • West Iberian

    Noun

    burgēnsis m or f (genitive burgēnsis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

    1. townsman, resident of a town or city
    2. citizen, i.e. a person with the rights and obligations of citizenship
    3. town councillor or senator, patrician
    4. inhabitant of a fortified rural settlement
    5. (generally) inhabitant of any specific place, such as a street or a pasture
    6. (England) burgess (parliamentary representative of a borough)

    Declension

    Third-declension noun (i-stem).

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