triptote
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin triptōtum, from Ancient Greek τρίπτωτος (tríptōtos), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective–forming suffix), influenced by the verbal noun πτῶσις (ptôsis, “inflection”).
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Noun[edit]
triptote (plural triptotes)
- (grammar) A noun which has three cases.
- In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.
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Translations[edit]
a noun which has only three cases
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Adjective[edit]
triptote (plural triptotes)
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