loial
English
Adjective
loial (comparative more loial, superlative most loial)
- Archaic spelling of loyal.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older leial, from Latin legālis. Compare Old Occitan leial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loi̯ˈjal/
Adjective
loial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular loial)
Declension
Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | subject | loiaus | loial (later loiale) | loial |
oblique | loial | |||
plural | subject | loial | loiaus (later loiales) | |
oblique | loiaus |
Related terms
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French loyal. Doublet of legal.
Adjective
loial m or n (feminine singular loială, masculine plural loiali, feminine and neuter plural loiale)
Declension
singular | plural | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | loial | loială | loiali | loiale | |||
definite | loialul | loiala | loialii | loialele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | loial | loiale | loiali | loiale | |||
definite | loialului | loialei | loialilor | loialelor |