declension

Plural: declensions

Noun

• the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
• process of changing to an inferior state
• a downward slope or bend
• 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"
• 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.
• A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

Examples

• "a page full of declensions"
• "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."

Synonyms

declination, decline, decline in quality, declivity, descent, deterioration, downslope, fall, worsening

Antonyms

ascent

Related Words

misdecline