dorsalis

Latin

Alternative forms

  • dorsuālis

Etymology

From dorsum (“the back”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dorsālis (neuter dorsāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

  1. dorsal; of or pertaining to the back
    Antonym: ventrālis

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative dorsālis dorsāle dorsālēs dorsālia
genitive dorsālis dorsālium
dative dorsālī dorsālibus
accusative dorsālem dorsāle dorsālēs
dorsālīs 		dorsālia
ablative dorsālī dorsālibus
vocative dorsālis dorsāle dorsālēs dorsālia

Derived terms

  • dorsuālia

Descendants

Descendants
  • Italian: dossale, → dorsale
  • → Catalan: dorsal
  • → English: dorsal
  • → French: dorsal
  • → German: dorsal
  • → Portuguese: dorsal
  • → Romanian: dorsal
  • → Spanish: dorsal

References

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