Originally Posted By: tsuwm
Originally Posted By: dubkat
Quote:
Inflected Form(s): -s


I'm not sure what this means.


it means that you form the plural by adding 's'.
-ron o.


In more general terms, it refers to the mechanism in some languages (often called inflected languages) or indicating grammatical categories by added affixes (pre-, in-, or suf-) to a word. In Latin this is notable in the case system where a root of a noun will have a suffix that indicates case and number, e.g.:

Code:
            Singular    Plural
Nominative   amicus     amici
Genitive     amici      amicorum
Dative       amico      amicis
Accusative   amicum     amicos
Ablative     amico      amicis
Vocative     amice      amici


Verbs are similarly inflected for person, tense, aspect, mood, and other features.

In English the only remnants of this system are, in nouns, the -s of the regular plural, the -'s or -s' of the possesive, and, in verbs, the -ed of the regular past tense and the -s of the third person singular.