-ual
English
[edit]Etymology
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Back-formation from Latin adjectives ending in -uālis, which are formed from fourth-declension nouns suffixed with -ālis. By surface analysis, -u- + -al.
Suffix
[edit]-ual
- Alternative form of -al.
Derived terms
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[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from Latin adjectives ending in -uālis, which are formed from fourth-declension nouns suffixed with -ālis.
Pronunciation
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Suffix
[edit]-ual m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -uais)
- alternative form of -al (of or pertaining to)
- espírito (“spirit”) + -ual → espiritual (“spiritual”)
- texto (“text”) + -ual → textual (“textual”)
Usage notes
[edit]See usage notes at -al.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Contratualizar = contratizar in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa.
- “-ual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “-ual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Italic
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English back-formations
- English terms interfixed with -u-
- English terms suffixed with -al
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- Portuguese back-formations
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese 1-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/al
- Rhymes:Portuguese/al/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aw
- Rhymes:Portuguese/aw/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese suffixes
- Portuguese adjective-forming suffixes
- Portuguese epicene suffixes
- Portuguese masculine suffixes
- Portuguese feminine suffixes
- Portuguese suffixes with multiple genders