-альный

Russian

Pronunciation

  • -альный: IPA(key): [əlʲnɨj]
  • -а́льный: IPA(key): [ˈalʲnɨj]

Suffix

-альный or -а́льный • (-alʹnyj or -álʹnyj)

  1. Used to form adjectives from verbs, especially those in -ать (-atʹ).
    игра́ть (igrátʹ, “to play”) → игра́льный (igrálʹnyj, “(attributive) playing”)
    приста́ть (pristátʹ, “to adhere”) → при́стальный (prístalʹnyj, “intent, rapt”)

Usage notes

Many, perhaps most, adjectives ending in -альный are not formed from verbs but rather are formed by adding the extremely common ending -ный (-nyj) to a borrowed (usually French, German or English) adjective ending in -al, -el or -ell, e.g. вертика́льный (vertikálʹnyj, “vertical”), from German vertikal or directly from French vertical, and similarly актуа́льный (aktuálʹnyj, “current, timely”), from German aktuell or directly from French actuel.

Derived terms

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