INDECLINABLE

Etymology

Adjective

indeclinable (not comparable)

That one cannot decline; unavoidable.

(grammar, of a word) Not grammatically declinable.

Synonyms

• undeclinable

Hypernyms

• uninflectable

• invariable

Noun

indeclinable (plural indeclinables)

(grammar) A word that is not grammatically inflected.

Source: Wiktionary


In`de*clin"a*ble, a. Etym: [L. indeclinabilis: cf. F. indéclinable. See In- not, and Decline.] (Gram.)

Definition: Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun.

– n.

Definition: An indeclinable word.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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