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...
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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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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...
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, 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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James (given name) (section Diminutives)
(diminutive), Jacot (diminutive), Jacotte (feminized), Jaco (diminutive), Jack (diminutive), Jacky (diminutive), Jacq (diminutive), Jacquy (diminutive)...
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Psomophis (redirect from Diminutive snake)
recognized as being valid. Psomophis genimaculatus (Boettger, 1885) – spirit diminutive snake, spirit ground snake, cobra-cabelo Psomophis joberti (Sauvage, 1884)...
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Aglaothorax diminutiva (redirect from Diminutive shieldback)
Aglaothorax diminutiva, the diminutive shieldback, is a species of shield-backed katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America. These...
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Dutch language (section Diminutives)
take diminutive forms; the former take a diminutive ending and thus function as nouns, while the latter remain adverbs and always have the diminutive with...
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Russian given name (section Diminutive forms)
actively used. Popularity 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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