-al in Latin

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Etymology: From the recurrent substantivation of apocopated adjectives in -āle, the nominative neuter singular ending of -ālis. Compare the nominal suffixes -ārium, -ium and -cum (among others), all derived from the neuter stem of adjective-forming suffixes. Etymology templates: {{glossary|nominative}} nominative, {{glossary|neuter}} neuter, {{glossary|singular}} singular Head templates: {{la-suffix-noun|-al<3>}} -al n (genitive -ālis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-al<3.N>}} Forms: -ālis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -al [nominative, singular], -ālia [nominative, plural], -ālis [genitive, singular], -ālium [genitive, plural], -ālī [dative, singular], -ālibus [dative, plural], -al [accusative, singular], -ālia [accusative, plural], -ālī [ablative, singular], -ālibus [ablative, plural], -al [singular, vocative], -ālia [plural, vocative], -āle [alternative], -ar [alternative], -āre [alternative]

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    },
    {
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}

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        "genitive",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ālī",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ālibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-al",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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"-al" meaning in Latin

Suffix