declinable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- undeclinable adjective
Etymology
Origin of declinable
1520–30; < Middle French, equivalent to decliner to decline + -able -able; or decline + -able
Example Sentences
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If the infinitive mood is really a declinable substantive, none of our grammarians have placed it in the right chapter; except that bold contemner of all grammatical and literary authority, Oliver B. Peirce.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
Of these, the first five are declinable; the other four are indeclinable.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander
In the beginning of certain cases and tenses of declinable words, it may often be known from their grammatical connection, but is not marked by any graphical index whatever.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander
When these occur in the inflections of declinable words, serving to indicate the Root, or in derivatives, serving to point out the primitive word, the omission of them might, on the whole, be unadvisable.
From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander
The latter is a declinable word, and found in the objective case; the former is indeclinable, and found in no case.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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