decennalis

Latin

Etymology

From decennis (“10-year”) +‎ -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from decem (“ten”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjs”). Equivalent to decem + annāles (“of or related to a year”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /de.kenˈnaː.lis/, [d̪ɛkɛnˈnäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.t͡ʃenˈna.lis/, [d̪et͡ʃenˈnäːlis]

Adjective

decennālis (neuter decennāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. decennal, of or related to a 10-year period

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	decennālis	decennāle		decennālēs	decennālia
genitive	decennālis			decennālium
dative	decennālī			decennālibus
accusative	decennālem	decennāle		decennālēs decennālīs	decennālia
ablative	decennālī			decennālibus
vocative	decennālis	decennāle		decennālēs	decennālia

Coordinate terms

• annālis, quīnquennālis, vīcennālis

Descendants

• English: decennal
• Italian: decennale