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-abilis

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Latin

Etymology

    From -bilis, by rebracketing of words such as amābilis, where -ā- is the stem-final vowel of a first-conjugation verb (amāre, amō). This long -ā- is unrelated to the short -a- in the word habilis (“proper, apt”), from habeō.

    Suffix

    -ābilis (neuter -ābile); third-declension two-termination suffix

    1. -able; able or worthy to be.
      ‎exitium + ‎-abilis → ‎exitiābilis
      ‎ratiō + ‎-abilis → ‎ratiōnābilis
      ‎amīcus + ‎-abilis → ‎amīcābilis
      ‎capiō + ‎-abilis → ‎capābilis
      ‎perniciēs + ‎-abilis → ‎perniciābilis

    Declension

    Third-declension two-termination adjective.

    More information singular, plural ...

    Derived terms

    Latin terms suffixed with -abilis
    amicabilis
    capabilis
    causabilis
    exitiabilis
    favorabilis
    honorabilis
    malleabilis
    mensurabilis
    monstrificabilis
    naufragabilis
    perniciabilis
    rationabilis
    revocabilis
    voluptabilis

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