triptote

From Latin triptōtum, from Ancient Greek τρίπτωτος (tríptōtos), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) +‎ πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) +‎ -τος (-tos, verbal adjective–forming suffix), influenced by the verbal noun πτῶσις (ptôsis, “inflection”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪptoʊt/

triptote (plural triptotes)

1. (grammar) A noun which has three cases.

   In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.

• aptote
• monoptote
• diptote
• tetraptote
• pentaptote

• triptotic

• IPA^(key): /tʁip.tɔt/

triptote (plural triptotes)

1. triptote