Most first declension nouns are feminine, but a few like agricola and nauta are masculine.
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Declension — In linguistics, declension is the inflection of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles to indicate number (at least singular and plural), case (nominative or subjective, genitive or possessive, etc.), and gender. A declension is also a group… … Wikipedia
Declension — De*clen sion, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d[ e]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. [1913 Webster] The declension of the land… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Declension of the needle — Declension De*clen sion, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d[ e]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. [1913 Webster] The declension of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
first floor — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Latin declension — Latin grammar Verb Conjugation Subjunctive by attraction Indirect Statement Declension Ablative Usages Dative Usages Latin is an inflected language, and as such has nouns, pronouns, and adjectives that must be declined in order to serve a… … Wikipedia
Lithuanian declension — This is an article about declension system of the Lithuanian language Declension in the Lithuanian language is quite sophisticated in a way similar to declensions in ancient Indo European languages (such as Sanskrit, Latin or Ancient Greek). It… … Wikipedia
Old High German declension — Old High German is an inflected language, and as such its nouns, pronouns, and adjectives must be declined in order to serve a grammatical function. A set of declined forms of the same word pattern is called a declension. There are five… … Wikipedia
Irish declension — The declension of Irish nouns, the definite article, and the adjectives is discussed on this page. (For pronouns, see Irish morphology.)NounsGenderNouns in Irish are divided into two genders, masculine and feminine. While gender should be learned … Wikipedia
Latvian declension — describes the declension of nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numerals in the Latvian language. There is a system of seven cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, locative and vocative) in Latvian.NounsLatvian has two… … Wikipedia
Archaic Dutch declension — was the declensional system of the Dutch language as it was prescribed the Dutch by Dutch grammarians in the 19th century. It was never spoken by Dutch people, but was required as a formality in most forms of writing. It was generally unpopular,… … Wikipedia
