Declension Set

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A Declension Set is a maximal word inflection set that an Inflectional Process can generate from a Noun Lexeme.



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2009A

  • (Wiktionary, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/declension
    • Noun
      • 1. (grammar): A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
        • In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension. Most second-declension nouns end in 'i' in the genitive singular and 'um' in the accusative singular.
      • 2. (grammar): The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
    • Hypernyms
      • inflection
      • inflexion
    • Coordinate terms
      • conjugation

2009B

  • (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=declension
    • S: (n) declension (the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages)
    • S: (n) deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening (process of changing to an inferior state)
    • S: (n) descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope (a downward slope or bend)
    • S: (n) declension (a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms) "the first declension in Latin"

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