diptote

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin diptotum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek δίπτωτος (díptōtos), from δί- (dí-) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “case”).

Noun

diptote (plural diptotes)

1. (grammar) In grammar, a noun which has only two cases.

Usage notes

In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.

Derived terms

• diptotic

Translations

(grammar) a noun which has only two cases

• Arabic: مَمْنُوع مِنَ الصَّرْف m (mamnūʕ mina ṣ-ṣarf), غَيْر مُنْصَرِف m (ḡayr munṣarif)
• Dutch: diptoot m
• French: diptote (fr) m
• German: Diptoton (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: diptotum n, diptoton n
• Portuguese: diptoto m
• Russian: двухпаде́жное существи́тельное n (dvuxpadéžnoje suščestvítelʹnoje), дипто́т m (diptót)

See also

• triptote

Anagrams

• pottied, tiptoed