An inflectional paradigm is a table illustrating the forms of an inflected word. Inflection or inflexion refers to a modification or marking of a word (or more precisely lexeme) so that it reflects grammatical (i. ...

With nominals like nouns and adjectives, case is frequently contrasted against gender or number. For example, the declension of the Old English stān 'stone' can be organized like this: A noun, or noun substantive, is a word or phrase that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality. ... An adjective is a part of speech which modifies a noun, usually making its meaning more specific. ... In linguistics, declension is a feature of inflected languages: generally, the alteration of a noun to indicate its grammatical role. ... In linguistics, grammatical genders, also called noun classes, are classes of nouns requiring different agreement forms on determiners, adjectives, verbs or other words. ... Number, in linguistics, is a grammatical category used to express the quantity of objects referred to by a noun. ...

However, if there are multiple words or multiple gender-forms contrasted in one table, the number may appear alongside the case. The strong adjective declension of Old English with gōd 'good' is one such example.

Verb paradigms are frequently organized as person against number or tense. Number can appear either alongside person or against it. When it is contrasted against it, person is usually represented by terms like "first person" and "second person." Take as an example the conjugation of German bringen 'to bring'. Jump to: navigation, search A verb is a part of speech that usually denotes action (bring, read), occurrence (decompose, glitter), or a state of being (exist, stand). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. ... Jump to: navigation, search Grammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic reference to the participant role of a referent, such as the speaker, the addressee, and others. ... Grammatical tense is a way languages express the time at which an event described by a sentence occurs. ...

With multiple tenses or moods involved, number is often put with person to form a single column for each tense or mood form. In this case terms like "first person plural" and "second person singular" may be used, or the personal pronouns themselves may be present: