leial

Old French

Adjective

leial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular leial)

1. alternative form of loial

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	leiaus	leiale (later leiale)	leial
	oblique	leial	leial (later leiale)		leial
plural	subject	leial	leiaus (later leiales)		leial
	oblique	leiaus			leiaus (later leiales)	leial

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• leal
• leyal
• loial

Etymology

Latin legalis.

Adjective

leial

1. loyal (faithful; committed)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “legalis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 240