declension.
A falling off, decay or descent.
Meaning & usage
A falling off, decay or descent.
The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
The product of that act; a list of declined forms.
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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.
Where this word comes from
From late Middle English declinson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaison), from Latin dēclīnātiō. Doublet of declination.
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