Declensions are variations of noun, pronoun, or adjective forms.

There are 5 noun declensions in Latin, indicating a word’s number, case, and gender.

Number: Singular or Plural

Case: Indicates Part of Speech

Gender: Masculine, Feminine, Neuter

Nouns that belong to the same declension have the same singular genitive ending.

The three principal parts of a noun are its singular nominative, singular genitive, and gender.