maialis

Latin

Alternative spellings

mājālis

Etymology

Māia +‎ -ālis

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /majˈjaː.lis/, [majˈjaː.lɪs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /majˈja.lis/, [majˈjaː.lis]

Noun

maiālis m (genitive maiālis); third declension

castrated pig
swine (term of abuse)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	māiālis	māiālēs
genitive	māiālis	māiālum
dative	māiālī	māiālibus
accusative	māiālem	māiālēs
ablative	māiāle	māiālibus
vocative	māiālis	māiālēs

Descendants

Italian: maiale
- → Ligurian: maiâle

References

maialis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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