[1520–30; ‹ MF, equiv. to decliner to decline + -able-able; or decline + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1520–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: accent, bias, monkey, stagger, suspension-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
Examples of 'declinable' in a sentence
declinable
The language can fix a declinable, as well as an indeclinable form.
Shisholina Albina 2018, 'On History of Certain Indeclinable Nouns of Foreign Origin', SHS Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20185001166. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)