friabilis

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Latin

Etymology

From friāre, friō (“to crumble”) +‎ -bilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

friābilis (neuter friābile); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. friable, easily crumbled or broken into pieces

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative friābilis friābile friābilēs friābilia
genitive friābilis friābilium
dative friābilī friābilibus
accusative friābilem friābile friābilēs
friābilīs 		friābilia
ablative friābilī friābilibus
vocative friābilis friābile friābilēs friābilia

Descendants

  • English: friable
  • French: friable
  • Italian: friabile
  • Norman: friabl'ye
  • → Portuguese: friável

References

  • “friabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • friabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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