declinsonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Likely from earlier *declinisoun (/dɛˌkliniˈzuːn/) with late 中期英語 stress retraction and syncope, from Middle French or Anglo-Norman declinaison (itself from Latin dēclīnātiō), with forms with /ɛ/ and /y/ possibly reflecting analogical modification after words with 古期英語 /y/ (West Riding clensoune may instead be from earlier open-syllable lengthening; compare forms such as Scots ceety). Thus by surface analysis, declinen +‎ -isoun and a doublet of declinacioun.

Hall instead suggests borrowing from a Medieval Latin *dēclēnsiō, a blend of dēclīnātiō and dēscēnsiō (both "declension"); presumably the final syllable in /-zun/ rather than /-zjun/, /-zi.un/ would be due to the syncope of /i/ or modification after -isoun seen in forms such as decepcoun, savacoun (conversely, if derivation from declinaison is accepted, modern English declension reflects either hypercorrection or the reverse analogy).

発音

• IPA: /dɛˈklinzun/
• IPA: /(dɛ)ˈklɛnzun/ (especially East Anglia)
• IPA: /dɛˈklynzun/ (West Midland)

名詞

declinson (plural declinsons)

1. (Late Middle English) An inflectional class; a nominal declension or verbal conjugation.

派生した語

• English: declension
  • → Scots: declension

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