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-abilis

-abilis

See also: abilis

Latin

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ābilis m, f ‎(neuter -ābile); third declension

  1. -able; able or worthy to be (the recipient of an action).

Usage notes

The suffix -ābilis is usually added to first-conjugation verbs to form an adjective denoting passive qualities.

Examples:
amō ‎(“I love”) + ‎-ābilis → ‎amābilis ‎(“lovable”)
dūrō ‎(“I make hard”) + ‎-ābilis → ‎dūrābilis ‎(“durable, lasting”)
mūtō ‎(“I move, alter, change”) + ‎-ābilis → ‎mūtābilis ‎(“changeable”)

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative -ābilis -ābile -ābilēs -ābilia
genitive -ābilis -ābilium
dative -ābilī -ābilibus
accusative -ābilem -ābile -ābilēs -ābilia
ablative -ābilī -ābilibus
vocative -ābilis -ābile -ābilēs -ābilia

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Etymology

From a generalised form of -bilis (originally only applied to verbs in the first conjugation). The word habilis ‎(“proper, apt”) is sometimes incorrectly stated as being the origin of the suffix, but instead came from earlier *habibilis, from habeō + -ibilis, and was reduced by haplology.

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