Fromstate +-al.
statal (notcomparable)
- (dated) Pertaining to aState of the American Union, in contrast to thefederalgovernment.
1879, Albion W. Tourgée,A Fool's Errand, by One of the Fools:Every element of a State of the American Union remained, except thisstatal relation to the Union;
- Relating to a state.
- (linguistics) Pertaining to a word or word form (such as apassive verb or amodifier) or other linguistic element that denotes astate rather than an action or process.
1971, Manindra K. Verma,The Structure of the Noun Phrase in English and Hindi,page160:All (pre-nominal) participial modifiers in Hindi have astatal meaning whether or not they involve astatal verb (something like “in the state of sleeping / having slept / running / eating / having been washed”, etc.).
- Resulting from structural considerations as opposed to actions.
2004, Ros Edwards,Children, Home and School: Regulation, Autonomy Or Connection?,→ISBN:Finally, implications for future policy and practice in relation to respect, trust, and students' rights are considered, with the possibility of increasing connection and reducing social exclusion by thinking in new terms of addressingstatal exclusions through participation rights.
statal (not comparable)
- statal, pertaining to a (member)state of afederation,confederacy orunion
Borrowed fromItalianstatale. Bysurface analysis,stat +-al.
statal m orn (feminine singularstatală,masculine pluralstatali,feminine and neuter pluralstatale)
- (relational)state,government
