declensional


de·clen·sion

D0076500 (dĭ-klĕn′shən)n.1. Linguistics a. In certain languages, the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives with respect to categories such as case, number, and gender.b. A class of words of one language with the same or a similar system of inflections, such as the first declension in Latin.2. A descending slope; a descent.3. A decline or decrease; deterioration: "States and empires have their periods of declension" (Laurence Sterne).4. A deviation, as from a standard or practice.
[Middle English declenson, from Old French declinaison, from Latin dēclīnātiō, dēclīnātiōn-, grammatical declension, declination; see declination.]
de·clen′sion·al adj.