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indeclinable

[ in-di-klahy-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

, Grammar.
  1. 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

  1. (of a noun or pronoun) having only one form; not declined for case or number
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌindeˈclinableness, noun
  • ˌindeˈclinably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • inde·clina·ble·ness noun
  • inde·clina·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

“I have the experience of resistance and I have the experience of making indeclinable decisions.”

A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.

Undeclinable, un-dē-klī′na-bl, adj. indeclinable: that cannot be avoided.—adj.

Thus the capitals of the Remi and Parisii were actually Durocortorum and Lutetia: the appellations in use were Remis or Remus, Parisiis or Parisius—these forms being indeclinable nouns formed from a sort of locative of the tribe names.

Syát, "may be," is here an indeclinable particle in the form of a part of a verb, used to convey the idea of indeterminateness; as it has been said— "This particle syát is in the form of a verb, but, from its being connected with the sense, it denotes indeterminateness in sentences, and has a qualifying effect on the implied meaning."

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