Slavic diminutives?
Slavic diminutives?
I've noticed that in the sort of pan-Slavic pidgin my Russian, Macedonian and Ukrainian friends and I have developed out of necessity, the word for "shorter girl" is маленкa. Which Slavic language has the diminutive suffix -enka?
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Re: Slavic diminutives?
-енький (молоденький, маленький) occurs on adjectives in East Slavic.
In Polish -eńki occurs sporadically (in the words maleńki, stareńki) but also in the combined endings -uteńki and -usieńki which seem more productive.
BTW, you can sometimes hear someone addressing a chick maleńka ~= "baby" here.
In Polish -eńki occurs sporadically (in the words maleńki, stareńki) but also in the combined endings -uteńki and -usieńki which seem more productive.
BTW, you can sometimes hear someone addressing a chick maleńka ~= "baby" here.
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Re: Slavic diminutives?
You have a pan-Slavic pidgin? You should write a description of it.Beli Orao wrote:I've noticed that in the sort of pan-Slavic pidgin my Russian, Macedonian and Ukrainian friends and I have developed out of necessity, the word for "shorter girl" is маленкa. Which Slavic language has the diminutive suffix -enka?