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indeclinable
[ in-di-klahy-nuh-buhl ]
adjective
- 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
- ˌindeˈclinably, adverb
- ˌindeˈclinableness, noun
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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
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Example Sentences
The indeclinable, remain as simple adjuncts to the verbs, and the latter put on the negative form.
The same nouns may be partly declinable and partly indeclinable, and in some of their cases may have fallen out of use.
Both these forms of Comparison have an aspirated as well as a primary form, but are otherwise indeclinable.
The genitives his (his, its), hiere (her), hiera (their) are used as indeclinable possessives.
Fas was at all times indeclinable, and is rarely found even as an accusative, as in Virg.
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