declension
Case and number
Declension is the system of forms a noun, pronoun, or adjective takes to show its grammatical role—subject, object, possessive, and so on.
Latin has five declensions; English retains only traces, mainly in pronouns: I/me/my/mine.
By extension, declension can mean a decline or falling off: the declension of the empire.
Case marking sentence subjects
- accusativeCase for direct objects
- genitiveCase expressing ownership
- dativeCase showing indirect object
- ablativeRemoving by erosion
vocative · locative · instrumental · partitive · prepositional · oblique · dual · singular
Word form alteration
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
- stemPlant's central axis
- endingFinal portion of something
- suffixWord-ending addition
morpheme · strong · weak · declensional · declined · pattern · class · thematic
Ancient Roman language
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- RussianEastern Slavic language
- GermanCentral European language
- SanskritAncient Indo-Aryan language
Finnish · Hungarian · Polish · Icelandic · Old English · Lithuanian · Czech · Croatian
Sudden loss of power
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
diminishment · falling · descent · downturn · weakening · fading · regression
nominative
Case marking sentence subjects
- accusativeCase for direct objects
- genitiveCase expressing ownership
- dativeCase showing indirect object
ablative · vocative · locative · instrumental · partitive · prepositional · oblique · dual · singular · plural
inflection
Word form alteration
suffix · morpheme · strong · weak · declensional · declined · pattern · class · thematic · irregular
Latin
Ancient Roman language
Sanskrit · Finnish · Hungarian · Polish · Icelandic · Old English · Lithuanian · Czech · Croatian · Estonian
downfall
Sudden loss of power
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
decrease · diminishment · falling · descent · downturn · weakening · fading · regression
noun
Word naming something
- adjectiveNoun-describing word type
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
determiner · nominal · agreement · gender · number · masculine · feminine · neuter · animate · inanimate
- languagelanguage, word, words, grammar, spelling
- GermanGermany, Austria, Switzerland, German, Berlin
- language termsgrammar, word, vocabulary, syntax, synonym
- other languages Q&Atranslation, vocabulary, grammar, phrases, pronunciation
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- Ancient GreekGreek alphabet, Greek vocabulary, ancient Greek, Homer, Plato
declensionascent
Upward movement
rise · improvement · recovery · advancement · progress