From Old French lineal, from Latin līneālis, from līnea (“a line”) + -ālis (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, line + -al. Doublet of linear.
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lineal (not comparable)
lineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineals)
From Latin linealis, from linea (“line”).
lineal c (singular definite linealen, plural indefinite linealer)
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | lineal | linealen | linealer | linealerne |
genitive | lineals | linealens | linealers | linealernes |
lineal m or f (plural lineais)
From Latin līneālis. Doublet of linear.
lineal (strong nominative masculine singular linealer, not comparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist lineal | sie ist lineal | es ist lineal | sie sind lineal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | linealer | lineale | lineales | lineale |
genitive | linealen | linealer | linealen | linealer | |
dative | linealem | linealer | linealem | linealen | |
accusative | linealen | lineale | lineales | lineale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der lineale | die lineale | das lineale | die linealen |
genitive | des linealen | der linealen | des linealen | der linealen | |
dative | dem linealen | der linealen | dem linealen | den linealen | |
accusative | den linealen | die lineale | das lineale | die linealen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein linealer | eine lineale | ein lineales | (keine) linealen |
genitive | eines linealen | einer linealen | eines linealen | (keiner) linealen | |
dative | einem linealen | einer linealen | einem linealen | (keinen) linealen | |
accusative | einen linealen | eine lineale | ein lineales | (keine) linealen |
Learned borrowing from Latin līneālis.
lineal m or f (plural lineais)
lineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineales)