- A
diminutive is a root word that has been
modified to
convey a
slighter degree of its root meaning, to
convey the
smallness of the
object or
quality named...
- The
Latin language has a
robust diminutive-forming system.
There are many
diminutive suffixes:
those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and
areola to start...
- 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...
-
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)...
- , not *Михаилушка Mikhailushka).
Unlike English, in
which the use of
diminutive forms is
optional even
between close friends, in East
Slavonic languages...
-
Tytthoscincus batupanggah, also
known as the cursed-stone
diminutive leaf-litter skink, is a
species of skink. It is
endemic to
Borneo and only
known from...
- A
gnome /noʊm/ is a
mythological creature and
diminutive spirit in
Renaissance magic and alchemy,
first introduced by
Paracelsus in the 16th
century and...
- The
diminutive serotine (Eptesicus diminutus) is a bat
species from
South America. It is
found in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
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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...
