ferial
English
Etymology
From Middle English ferial, from Medieval Latin fēriālis, from Latin fēria (“weekday”) (whence the first sense), fēriae (“holidays”) (whence the second).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹɪəl/
- Rhymes: -ɛɹɪəl
Adjective
ferial (not comparable)
- (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
- Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday.
- 1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 289:
- [They] / Dance within the magic shade / That makes them drunken, merry, and strong / To laugh and sing their ferial song : / ‘Free, free . . . !’
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 7: Aeolus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 136:
- In ferial tone he addressed J. J. O’Molloy: — Taylor had come there, you must know, from a sick bed.
Translations
festive — see festive
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [feˈʁi̯aːl]
- Hyphenation: fe‧ri‧al
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
ferial (strong nominative masculine singular ferialer, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of ferial (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist ferial | sie ist ferial | es ist ferial | sie sind ferial | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ferialer | feriale | feriales | feriale |
genitive | ferialen | ferialer | ferialen | ferialer | |
dative | ferialem | ferialer | ferialem | ferialen | |
accusative | ferialen | feriale | feriales | feriale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der feriale | die feriale | das feriale | die ferialen |
genitive | des ferialen | der ferialen | des ferialen | der ferialen | |
dative | dem ferialen | der ferialen | dem ferialen | den ferialen | |
accusative | den ferialen | die feriale | das feriale | die ferialen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ferialer | eine feriale | ein feriales | (keine) ferialen |
genitive | eines ferialen | einer ferialen | eines ferialen | (keiner) ferialen | |
dative | einem ferialen | einer ferialen | einem ferialen | (keinen) ferialen | |
accusative | einen ferialen | eine feriale | ein feriales | (keine) ferialen |
Derived terms
- Ferialjob
- Ferialpraktikum
- Ferialpraxis
Further reading
- “ferial” in Duden online
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin fēriālis; equivalent to ferie (“weekday”) + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfɛːriˈaːl/, /ˈfɛːrial/
Descendants
- English: ferial
References
- “fēriāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feˈɾjal/ [feˈɾjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: fe‧rial
Further reading
- “ferial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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