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Declension is a noun. What is the verb?

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The verb corresponding to declension is decline. However, your example of day - daily is not an example of declension. It is an example of word formation (with the adverbial suffix -ly). Declension adds/changes inflections, not suffixes.

And here's a little on-topic joke I came across recently:

A verb walks up to a noun in a bar:

-- Hey, babe, wanna go back to my place and conjugate?

-- I decline.