-
affix for
nominal diminutives; that is,
diminutives are
formed by
changing the tone of the word. For
extensive examples of
diminutive formation in a variety...
- 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...
- countries.
There are over 5,000
identified diminutives in use in
Australian English. In
other English dialects,
diminutives usually imply smallness or have a childish...
- than one
correct way to form a
diminutive, and many more
incorrect ones. The masculine, feminine, and
neuter diminutives often end in -us, -a, and -um...
- Piedmontese:
Fransesch Polish: Franciszek, (
diminutives: Franek, Franio, Franuś) (male version), Franciszka, (
diminutives: Franka, Frania) (female version) Portuguese:...
-
Viktor (full form)
following diminutive forms can be derived:
Viktor → Vitya.
Vitya (short form) → Vitenka, Vit'ka.
Diminutives derived with -k-
suffix (Sashka...
-
place names, and nouns.
Hypocorisms are
usually considered distinct from
diminutives, but they can also overlap.
Nickname Term of
endearment "hypocorism"...
-
after a
departed male
named Moshe (Moses).
There are a
large number of
diminutives (nicknames) in
Russian for
Maria beside Masha:
Marusya (Маруся) Manya...
-
European cultures: Константин (Konstantin) in
Russian (
diminutive Костя/Kostya),
Bulgarian (
diminutives Косьо/Kosyo, Коце/Kotse) and
Serbian Костянтин (Kostiantyn)...
- 27, 2015.
Retrieved August 25, 2015. "Missing "13-year-old"
apparently diminutive 34-year-old woman".
Radio Prague. May 23, 2007.
Barbora Skrlova - who...
