declension
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English declenson, from Middle French declinaison (French: déclinaison), from Latin declinatio (gen. declinationis)
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Wikipedia declension (plural declensions)
- (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.
- (grammar): The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
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a way of categorizing nouns
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act of declining
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