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indeclinable

[ in-di-klahy-nuh-buhl ]

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.”


indeclinable

/ ˌɪndɪˈklaɪnəbəl /

adjective

  1. (of a noun or pronoun) having only one form; not declined for case or number
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌindeˈclinableness, noun
  • ˌindeˈclinably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • inde·clina·ble·ness noun
  • inde·clina·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of indeclinable1

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

The indeclinable, remain as simple adjuncts to the verbs, and the latter put on the negative form.

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

Both these forms of Comparison have an aspirated as well as a primary form, but are otherwise indeclinable.

The genitives his (his, its), hiere (her), hiera (their) are used as indeclinable possessives.

Fas was at all times indeclinable, and is rarely found even as an accusative, as in Virg.

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