the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
declension
How to use declension in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for declension.
Editorial note
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Quick take
the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of declension gathered in one view.
process of changing to an inferior state
a downward slope or bend
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for declension.
noun
the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
noun
process of changing to an inferior state
See also: deterioration, worsening
noun
a downward slope or bend
See also: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, downslope
noun
a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin"
Example sentences
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But the rate of profit does not, like rent and wages, rise with the prosperity, and fall with the declension, of the society.
As far as I recall, it's mostly duo, ambo, and 2nd declension nouns by analogy in archaizing poetic passages.
I suspect some people are missing the declension here:* I am a temporarily embarrassed millionaire.
He/she probably means grammatical case declension for subjects, objects, possessives and whatnot.
'Ancilla' [female slave, I was taught] is translated: maid, handmaiden, women, and ancillary, depending on declension?
* the noun-to-verb-to-adjective declension is not compatible with the structure of meaning, and so cannot be extended in a consistent, predictable way.
I think the corpus of latin/english translations is not large enough, because the translation of even the basest schoolboy latin seems mangled; different declensions of the same word get different translations.
It's a mistake I usually make too, being the expected translation of "declinación".Yes, it's comparable to declension, though Hungarian notation is prefix and not part of the syntax, while declension is postfix and has syntactic meaning.
Absolutely, but I would be surprised if they didn't have some code in the production version right now to support doubtlessly upcoming translated versions - perhaps not a full blown declension engine, but it seems unlikely they'd go English only at the start and retrofit everything later.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use declension in a sentence?
Learn rules, draw tables with tenses, declension rules and so on.
What does declension mean?
the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
What part of speech is declension?
declension is commonly used as noun.