indeclinably

adv

indeclinably

adv

Etymology From indeclinable + -ly.

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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Without declination (variation of termination in a word).

  • c. In the older language, the numerals for 5 and upward are sometimes used in the nom.-acc. form (or as if indeclinably) with other cases also: thus, páñca kṛṣṭíṣu among the five races; saptá rṣīṇām of seven bards; sahásram ṛ́ṣibhiḥ with a thousand bards; çatám pūrbhíḥ with a hundred strongholds. Sporadic instances of a like kind are also met with later.1889, William Dwight Whitney, Sanskrit Grammar:

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