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declension Definition

de·clen·sion (dē klen′s̸hən, di-)

noun

  1. a bending or sloping downward; slope; descent
  2. a falling off or away; decline, deterioration

  3. Etymology: from the concept of cases as “declining” from the nominative: cf. case,

    Gram.
    1. a class of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives having the same or a similar system of inflections to show case
    2. the inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives

Etymology: ME declenson < OFr declinaison < L declinatio, a bending aside, inflection (< pp. of declinare: see decline): ME form infl. by assoc. with L descensio, a descending: see descend

declension Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • noun: Russian is said to use rigorous declension of nouns.
  • word: The former comprise all inflected instances of a single word, e.g. the complete declension of the Latin word ' arbor ' .
  • pronoun: The declension of personal pronouns will be examined, as will the formation of the imperative in German.

Converse of object

  • call: As in some other languages, Latin nouns can be masculine, feminine and neuter, and they also belong to groups called declensions.
  • practice: Polish Nouns helps Macintosh users to learn and practice declension of nouns.

Adjective modifier

  • spiritual: Under the new covenant, sensual and carnal worship entering the gospel temple is often an evidence of spiritual declension.
  • third: This often happens with nouns of the third declension.
  • second: Note also that the neuter noun, nomen, behaves according to the same rules as you met with bellum in the second declension.
  • first: You know that poem of Longfellow's, sir, that sounds exactly like the first declension.
  • nominal: The chapter ends with an appendix containing paradigms of nominal declensions in some of the Dravidian languages.
  • German: These dictionaries include complete verb conjugation and grammar ( agreements in gender and number of nouns and adjectives, German declensions ).

Modifies a noun

  • class: Case marking and declension classes The case marking system preserved the late Indo-Aryan system of three layers ( cf.
  • noun: The neuter form, bonum, has the same case endings as a second declension noun like bellum.
  • table: Materials include vocabulary lists, phrases, verb and declension tables plus grammar drills.

Noun used with modifier

  • noun: Noun derived from Latin BARO ( ' fighting man ' ): give noun declension.
declension Quotes

Tawny are the leaves turned but they still hold, And it is harvest; what shall this land produce? A meagre hill of kernels, a runnel of juice; Declension looks from our land, it is old. Therefore let us assemble, dry, gray, spare, And mild as yellow air.

—Ransom,John Crowe

The rate of profit does not, like rent and wages, rise with the prosperity, and fall with the declension, of the society.On the contrary, it is naturally low in rich, and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin.

—Smith, Adam