triptote

English

Etymology

From Latin triptotum, 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”).

Noun

triptote (plural triptotes)

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• triptotic

Translations

(grammar) a noun which has only three cases

• Arabic: مُنْصَرِف m (munṣarif)
• Dutch: triptoot m
• French: triptote (fr) m
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• German: Triptoton n
• Latin: triptotum, triptoton
• Russian: трёхпаде́жное существи́тельное n (trjoxpadéžnoje suščestvítelʹnoje), трипто́т (triptót)

See also

• diptote