sacraal

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrālis or German sakral, itself from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːˈkraːl/
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  • Hyphenation: sa‧craal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

sacraal (comparative sacraaler, superlative sacraalst)

  1. holy, sacred
  2. consecrated, cultic, ritual, ritualistic
  3. (anatomy) sacral, pertaining to the sacrum

Inflection

Declension of sacraal
uninflected sacraal
inflected sacraale
comparative sacraaler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial sacraal sacraaler het sacraalst
het sacraalste
indefinite m./f. sing. sacraale sacraalere sacraalste
n. sing. sacraal sacraaler sacraalste
plural sacraale sacraalere sacraalste
definite sacraale sacraalere sacraalste
partitive sacraals sacraalers

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press