declensional
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of declensional
First recorded in 1855–60; declension + -al 1
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The declensional suffixes or postpositions, which, just like our prepositions, may be added to one another, are postponed to the article when the noun is definite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Some euphonic changes occur in making these additions, which then take the regular declensional endings.
From Greek in a Nutshell by Strong, James
Much of the irregularity and general formal complexity of our declensional and conjugational systems is due to this process.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward
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