Old English · verb
declinian
Normalised declīnian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ˈdeˌkliː.ni.ɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈde · ˌkliː · ni · ɑn (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- inflectdecline
Meaning
-
to inflect or decline
Wē habbaþ nū declīnod þā eahta frumcennedan pronomina.
We have now declined the eight primitive pronouns.
c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
Conjugation
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | declīniġe | declīnode |
| 2nd singular | declīnast | declīnodest |
| 3rd singular | declīnaþ | declīnode |
| Plural | declīniaþ | declīnodon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | declīniġe | declīnode |
| Plural | declīniġen | declīnoden |
| Form | |
|---|---|
| Infinitive | declīnian |
| Inflected infinitive | declīnienne |
| Imperative singular | declīna |
| Imperative plural | declīniaþ |
| Present participle | declīniende |
| Past participle | declīnodġedeclīnod |
All forms (15)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti ~ *ḱl̥nyénti Proto-Italic *kl(e)inō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō ▲ Proto-Italic *klei- ~ *kli-influ. Latin clīnō Latin dēclīnārebor. Old English declinian Borrowed from Latin dēclī…
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