declina

declina

1. inflection of declinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

declina

1. inflection of declinare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

dēclīnā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēclīnō

declina

1. inflection of declinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French décliner, Latin dēclīnō.

• IPA^(key): /de.kliˈna/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: de‧cli‧na

a declina (third-person singular present declină or (obsolete) declinează, past participle declinat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive, grammar) to decline
2. (transitive, formal or literary) to refuse, to decline (a task, a responsibility, an honour)

   Synonyms: refuza, respinge

3. (transitive, formal) to make known, reveal something about oneself

   Synonym: dezvălui

   • 1997 May 23, Dan Brie, Adevărul de Cluj‎, number 1978 (newspaper), →ISSN, page 4:

     Surse care nu doresc să își decline identitatea afirmă că […]

     Sources which do not wish to reveal their identity state that

4. (intransitive, literary, uncommon, of heavenly bodies) to set

   Synonyms: apune, asfinți, coborî

   • 1881 June 1, Vasile Alecsandri, “10 Maiu 1881”, in Convorbiri Literare, year 15, number 3, page 122:

     Un soare ce declină din nou renaște soare!

     A sun that sets is born a sun anew!

5. (intransitive, literary, uncommon) to wane

• declinare
• își declina competența

• conjugare
• conjuga

• declina in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

declina

1. inflection of declinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative