"case ending" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: case endings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} case ending (plural case endings)
  1. (grammar, in nouns and adjectives that inflect to mark grammatical case) A suffix-like element which indicates a word’s grammatical case, number, and gender. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (a suffix-like element which indicates a word’s grammatical case, number, and gender): naamvalsuitgang (Afrikaans), esetrag (Hungarian), kasusändelse [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-case_ending-en-noun-83o9z3Ko Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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