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==Parameters==
; {{para|1|req=1}}
: The [[wikt:WT:LANGCODE|language code]] of the lemma, of which this is an inflection. See [[wikt:Wiktionary:List of languages|Wiktionary:List of languages]]. <small>The parameter {{para|lang}} is a deprecated synonym; please do not use. If this is used, all numbered parameters move down by one.</small>
; {{para|2|req=1}}
: The lemma form of the term of which this is an inflection. This is used to create a link.
; {{para|3}} or {{para|alt}}
: The alternative display form of the lemma. This works like the third parameter of {{temp|l}} and {{temp|m}}.
; {{para|4|req=1}}, {{para|5}} ... etc.
: One or more grammar tags to show. These give the definition by describing the relevant grammatical properties of this inflected form. A grammar tag can potentially be any text, but certain tags such as <code>nominative</code>, <code>feminine</code>, <code>first-person</code> or <code>subjunctive</code> that are recognized internally will automatically be linked to the appropriate entry in [[wikt:Appendix:Glossary|Appendix:Glossary]] (or in some cases, to the relevant Wiktionary or Wikipedia entry). As an example, <code>nominative</code> is displayed as ''{{glossary|nominative}}'', with an appropriate link. Certain tags are recognised as shortcuts and are equivalent to spelling out the tag. For example, <code>1</code> is equivalent to <code>first-person</code>; both will be displayed as ''{{glossary|first-person}}''. Similarly, <code>f</code> is equivalent to <code>feminine</code>, and <code>nom</code> is equivalent to <code>nominative</code>. The full, up-to-date list of recognized tags and their shortcuts and display forms is specified below.
:Multiple tags are normally separated by spaces, so that e.g. <code>nom|f|s</code> will be displayed as ''{{glossary|nominative}} {{glossary|feminine}} {{glossary|singular}}''. However, when punctuation characters are used as tags, they will be displayed appropriately for that punctuation character. For example, <code>nom|,|with|3|s|object</code> will display as ''{{glossary|nominative}}, with {{glossary|third-person}} {{glossary|singular}} object'' (i.e. without a space preceding the comma). Among the punctuation characters recognized and handled correctly are comma, colon, parens, brackets, slash, and hyphen. The full list can be found below.
:It is also possible to put <code>//</code> separators between one or more tags or shortcuts to create a list separated by slashes. For example, writing <code>nom//acc</code> will expand to ''{{glossary|nominative}}/{{glossary|accusative}}'', and writing <code>nom//acc//voc//dat</code> will expand to ''{{glossary|nominative}}/{{glossary|accusative}}/{{glossary|vocative}}/{{glossary|dative}}''
:The inflection tag <code>;</code> is recognized specially and is used to separate two inflections of the same word. Sets of tags separated by a semicolon tag will be displayed on separate lines. See examples below.
; {{para|t}}
: A gloss or short translation of the word. <small>The parameter {{para|gloss}} is a deprecated synonym; please do not use.</small>
; {{para|tr}}
: Transliteration for non-Latin-script words, if different from the automatically-generated one.
; {{para|ts}}
: Transcription for non-Latin-script words whose transliteration is markedly different from the actual pronunciation. Should not be used for IPA pronunciations.
; {{para|p}} or {{para|POS}}
: Part-of-speech tag or abbreviation (see below). Currently used only for categorization, which depends on the particular inflection tags and the language in question. Note that there are related templates {{temp|noun form of}}, {{temp|verb form of}} and {{temp|adj form of}}, which are exactly like {{temp|inflection of}} but automatically set (respectively) the {{para|p|n}}, {{para|p|v}} and {{para|p|a}} parameters.
; {{para|id}}
: A sense id for the term, which links to anchors on the page set by the {{temp|senseid}} template.
; {{para|sc}}
: Script code to use, if script detection does not work.

==Grammar tags==
The following grammar tags are available for shortcut use in entering descriptions as per [[Module:form of/data]] (more common tags) and [[Module:form of/data2]] (less common tags):

{{#invoke:form of doc/templates|tagtable_t}}

Other items (such as "atelic") may be used as needed, but should be spelled out in full (see examples).

===Examples===

====Example 1====
On the page for the Spanish non-lemma form {{l|es|aman}}:
 <pre># {{inflection of|es|amar||3|p|pres|act|ind}}</pre> gives
# {{inflection of|es|amar||3|p|pres|act|ind}}

====Example 2====
On the page for the Russian non-lemma form <span lang="ru">пути́</span>:
 <pre># {{inflection of|ru|путь||gen//dat//pre|s|;|nom//acc|p}}</pre> gives
# {{inflection of|ru|путь||gen//dat//pre|s|;|nom//acc|p}}
Note here how the <code>//</code> separator separates tags when multiple tags apply, and <code>;</code> separates inflections. When <code>;</code> is used, the display format changes to a multi-line format, as shown. Furthermore, since the lemma is in a non-Latin script in a language with automatic transliteration, that transliteration is automatically shown.

====Example 3====
On the page for the Japanese non-lemma form <span lang="ja">飛び移らず</span>:
 <pre># {{inflection of|ja|飛び移る||neg|continuative|tr=tobiutsuru}}</pre> gives
# {{inflection of|ja|飛び移る||neg|continuative|tr=tobiutsuru}}
Note here how an unrecognized tag <code>continuative</code> is used. Such tags need to be spelled out in full, and won't be linked to anything. Furthermore, in this case, although Japanese uses a non-Latin script, no automatic transliteration is available, so the transliteration needs to be manually supplied if desired.

==Part-of-speech tags==
The following part-of-speech tags are available for use as the {{para|p}} or {{para|POS}} parameter. Note that either the full (canonical) form or any of the short forms can be used and are equivalent.

{{#invoke:form of doc/templates|postable_t}}

==Categorization==
Some languages will add the non-lemma form to a category, depending on the particular tags and on the presence/absence of the {{para|p}}/{{para|POS}} parameter (the absence of this parameter disables most but not all categorization; in particular, categorization for participles may work in the absence of a part-of-speech parameter). The exact conditions under which this happens are described in [[Module:form of/cats]], but the following is a list of all language-specific categories that may be added:

{{#invoke:form of doc/templates|cattable_t}}