predal

English

Alternative forms
  • praedal
  • prædal (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin praeda (“prey”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːdəl/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Adjective

predal (comparative more predal, superlative most predal)

  1. Of or relating to prey; plundering; predatory.
    • 1748, Samuel Boyse, An impartial history of the late rebellion in 1745:
      Prœdal Commanders

References
  • predal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /prɛdáːl/

Noun

predȃl m inan

  1. drawer (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)

Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. predál
gen. sing. predála
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 predál predála predáli
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 predála predálov predálov
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 predálu predáloma predálom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 predál predála predále
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 predálu predálih predálih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 predálom predáloma predáli
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