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Complete Definition of "declension"

English

Etymology
From ME. declenson, from MF. declinaison (French: déclinaison), from L. declinatio (genitive|gen. declinationis)

Noun
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en-noun

  1. grammar: A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

#: In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension. Most second-declension nouns end in 'i' in the genitive singular and 'um' in the accusative singular.

  1. grammar: The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|تصريف الاسماء|تَصْرِيفُ الأسْمَاء IPAchar|(taʂríːfu l-’asmáː’)
Czech: t+|cs|deklinace|f (1,2), t-|cs|skloňování|n (1,2)
Dutch: verbuiging f
Finnish: taivutus
French: déclinaison f
German: t|de|Beugung|f (2), Deklination f (1,2)
Greek: κλίσις (klísis) f
Hebrew: נטייה (neti'a) f (1); הטיה (hat'aya) f (2)
Icelandic: fallbeyging f, beyging f, beyging falla f
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Japanese: 語形変化 (ごけいへんか, gokei hénka)
Italian: declinazione f
Latin: declinatio f
Portuguese: declinação f
Polish: deklinacja f
Romanian: declinare f
Russian: склонение (sklonénije) n
Slovak: skloňovanie n
Slovene: sklanjatev f
Spanish: declinación f

See also
conjugation
inflection, inflexion

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