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indeclinable
[ in-di-klahy-nuh-buhl ]
adjective
, Grammar.
- not capable of being declined; having no inflected forms: used especially of a word belonging to a form class most of whose members are declined, as the Latin adjective decem, “ten.”
indeclinable
/ ˌɪndɪˈklaɪnəbəl /
adjective
- (of a noun or pronoun) having only one form; not declined for case or number
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Derived Forms
- ˌindeˈclinableness, noun
- ˌindeˈclinably, adverb
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Other Words From
- inde·clina·ble·ness noun
- inde·clina·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indeclinable1
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin indēclīnābilis unchangeable, inflexible. See in- 3, declinable
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Example Sentences
The indeclinable, remain as simple adjuncts to the verbs, and the latter put on the negative form.
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The same nouns may be partly declinable and partly indeclinable, and in some of their cases may have fallen out of use.
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Both these forms of Comparison have an aspirated as well as a primary form, but are otherwise indeclinable.
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The genitives his (his, its), hiere (her), hiera (their) are used as indeclinable possessives.
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Fas was at all times indeclinable, and is rarely found even as an accusative, as in Virg.
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