indeclinable

American  

[in-di-klahy-nuh-buhl] / ˌɪn dɪˈklaɪ nə bəl /

adjective

Grammar.

1. 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.”

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indeclinable British  

/ ˌɪndɪˈklaɪnəbəl /

adjective

1. (of a noun or pronoun) having only one form; not declined for case or number

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Other Word Forms

• indeclinableness noun
• indeclinably adverb

Etymology

Origin of indeclinable

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin indēclīnābilis unchangeable, inflexible. See in- ³, declinable

Example Sentences

“I have the experience of resistance and I have the experience of making indeclinable decisions.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Undeclinable, un-dē-klī′na-bl, adj. indeclinable: that cannot be avoided.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The same nouns may be partly declinable and partly indeclinable, and in some of their cases may have fallen out of use.

From Cratylus by Jowett, Benjamin

Mīlle is regularly an adjective in the Singular, and indeclinable.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

An Adverb, considered as a separate part of speech, is a single indeclinable word, significant of time, place, or any other circumstance or modification of an action or attribute.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander