declinational
About noun endings
Declinational relates to declination—a turning away, refusal, or deviation from a standard.
In astronomy, it describes what pertains to celestial declination, the angular distance of a star or planet from the celestial equator: declinational coordinates.
In grammar, it relates to the inflection of nouns and adjectives: Latin's declinational patterns.
Container or instance
- nounWord naming something
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
- genitiveCase expressing ownership
- dativeCase showing indirect object
accusative · nominative · vocative · ablative · locative · instrumental · singular · plural
Verb form variation system
- verbAction-expressing word
- tenseStrained or nervous
- aspectFeature or dimension
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
voice · person · agreement · subject · predicate · clause · syntax · grammatical category
Word-part modifier
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- stemPlant's central axis
- suffixWord-ending addition
prefix · inflexion · bound · free · portmanteau · agglutinative · synthetic · analytic
Science of language sounds
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- etymologyWord origin study
- lexicographyCompiling word reference books
- dialectologyStudy of regional speech differences
comparative · Indo-European · Slavic · Latin · Greek · Sanskrit · Finnish · Hungarian
case
Container or instance
dative · accusative · nominative · vocative · ablative · locative · instrumental · singular · plural · agreement
conjugation
Verb form variation system
mood · voice · person · agreement · subject · predicate · clause · syntax · grammatical category · auxiliary
affix
Word-part modifier
- morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- stemPlant's central axis
suffix · prefix · inflexion · bound · free · portmanteau · agglutinative · synthetic · analytic · word-formation
phonology
Science of language sounds
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- etymologyWord origin study
- lexicographyCompiling word reference books
dialectology · comparative · Indo-European · Slavic · Latin · Greek · Sanskrit · Finnish · Hungarian · typology
- magnetic declinationCompass-to-true-north angular difference