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Declension class
In linguistics, a declension class is a group of nouns with common declension patterns. Most inflected languages have several declension classes.
In the Latin language (see Latin declension), there are five declension classes, one of which is the first declension. The nouns of this class usually end in -a and are usually of feminine grammatical gender. Example (paradigma is terra - land, earth):
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | terra | terrae |
| genitive | terrae | terrarum |
| dative | terrae | terris |
| accusative | terram | terras |
| ablative | terra | terris |
| vocative | terra | terrae |
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