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Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Inherited from Proto-Italic *-ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European i-stem form *-dʰlis of *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”). Akin to -bulum.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bi.lis/, [bɪlʲɪs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bi.lis/, [bilis] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-bilis (neuter -bile); third-declension two-termination suffix

-(a)ble; used to form an adjective, usually from a verb, indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon.

Usage notes

The suffix -bilis is added to a verb to form an adjective noun of relationship to that verb.

Examples:

stabilis (“stable”), from stō (“stand”)

habilis (“handy, skillful”), from habeō (“to have”) (with haplology, for *habibilis)

nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“to marry”) (with haplology, for *nūbibilis)

Sometimes it is added to the verb's perfect past participle stem (this should not be confused with derivatives of first-declension frequentative verbs, which have stems ending in -tā-).

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