- 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...
- The
Latin language has a
robust diminutive-forming system.
There are many
diminutive suffixes:
those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and
areola to start...
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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...
- (
diminutive),
Jacot (
diminutive),
Jacotte (feminized), Jaco (
diminutive), Jack (
diminutive),
Jacky (
diminutive), Jacq (
diminutive),
Jacquy (
diminutive)...
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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...
- , not *Михаилушка Mikhailushka).
Unlike English, in
which the use of
diminutive forms is
optional even
between close friends, in East
Slavonic languages...
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throughout life or
until marriage. Some
possible changes concern middle names,
diminutive forms,
changes relating to
parental status (due to one's parents' divorce...
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Poland Gapa, a
diminutive of the
Russian male
first name
Agafon Gapa, a
diminutive of the
Russian male
first name
Agafonik Gapa, a
diminutive of the Russian...
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though most have been in use as long as the
traditional ordinaries.
Diminutives of
ordinaries and some
subordinaries are
charges of the same shape, though...
