adiacens

Latin

Alternative forms

adjacēns

Etymology

Present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈad.i̯a.kens/, [ˈäd̪i̯äkẽːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈad.ja.t͡ʃens/, [ˈäd̪jät͡ʃens]

Participle

adiacēns (genitive adiacentis); third-declension one-termination participle

adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring
(substantive) adjacent or adjoining area or region

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	adiacēns			adiacentēs	adiacentia
Genitive	adiacentis			adiacentium
Dative	adiacentī			adiacentibus
Accusative	adiacentem	adiacēns		adiacentēs adiacentīs	adiacentia
Ablative	adiacente adiacentī¹			adiacentibus
Vocative	adiacēns			adiacentēs	adiacentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

Padanian:
- Piedmontese: àsia
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: aise
  - Anglo-Norman: ese
    - → Middle English: ese
      - English: ease
  - French: aise ⇒ aisance
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Old Occitan: aize
  - → Galician: azo
  - → Italian: agio
  - → Portuguese: azo
  - ⇒ aizina
    - → Old Catalan: asina, aïna
      - Catalan: eina; aïna (Occidental)
    - Occitan: aisina
Borrowings:
- → Catalan: adjacent
- → English: adjacent
- → French: adjacent
- → Italian: adiacente
- → Portuguese: adjacente
- → Romanian: adiacent
- → Spanish: adyacente

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