doctrinalis

Latin

Etymology

From doctrīna (“teaching, learning, doctrine”) +‎ -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dok.triːˈnaː.lis/, [d̪ɔkt̪riːˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dok.triˈna.lis/, [d̪okt̪riˈnäːlis]

Adjective

doctrīnālis (neuter doctrīnāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. theoretical
2. doctrinal

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	doctrīnālis	doctrīnāle		doctrīnālēs	doctrīnālia
Genitive	doctrīnālis			doctrīnālium
Dative	doctrīnālī			doctrīnālibus
Accusative	doctrīnālem	doctrīnāle		doctrīnālēs doctrīnālīs	doctrīnālia
Ablative	doctrīnālī			doctrīnālibus
Vocative	doctrīnālis	doctrīnāle		doctrīnālēs	doctrīnālia

Descendants

• English: doctrinal
• French: doctrinal
• Italian: dottrinale

References

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