Declension (definition)

Declension refers to sets of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives that share the same set of endings and formal patterns of inflection.

See also

• Gender (definition)
• Case (definition)
• Noun Inflection
• Genitive Case (definition)
• Common Case (definition)
• Dative Case (definition)
• Vocative Case (definition)
• Plural Formation

External Links

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declension

References

• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.