- Look up
diminutive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
diminutive is a word
obtained by
modifying a root word to
convey a
slighter degree of its root...
- The
following is a list of
diminutives by language.
English has a
great variety of
historical diminutives adopted from
other languages but many of these...
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Diminutive forms of
words are
commonly used in
everyday Australian English.
While many
dialects of
English make use of
diminutives and hypocorisms, Australian...
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actively used. Po****rity of
pagan names resulted in
formation of
various diminutive forms:
Bychko from Byk,
Zhdanko from Zhdan,
Puzeika from Puzo and so on...
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middle names are
Hungarian and
refer to Mary
Magdalene (Mariska is a
diminutive of Mary). She was
raised Catholic and has two
older brothers, Miklós and...
- In Russian,
Masha (Маша) is a
diminutive of Maria. Also as in
Ukrainian is a
diminutive of
Mariia or Mariya. It has been used as a
nickname or as a pet...
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preferred – the
clause "if two dogs are
equally good in type, the more
diminutive one is preferred" was
removed in 2009. Pet
Chihuahuas (those bred or purchased...
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further enriches the
aquatic diversity of the Maldives. Due to
their diminutive size, land-dwelling
reptiles are
scarce on the
Maldivian islands. Among...
- The
Latin language has a
robust diminutive-forming system.
There are many
diminutive suffixes:
those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and
areola to start...
- 27, 2015.
Retrieved August 25, 2015. "Missing "13-year-old"
apparently diminutive 34-year-old woman".
Radio Prague. May 23, 2007.
Barbora Skrlova - who...
