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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, “t.”
indeclinable
/ ˌɪԻɪˈɪəə /
adjective
- (of a noun or pronoun) having only one form; not declined for case or number
Derived Forms
- ˌԻˈԲԱ, noun
- ˌԻˈԲ, adverb
Other yvlogs From
- d·a··Ա noun
- d·a· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of indeclinable1
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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