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Diminutives are a linguistic term used to refer to smaller or modified forms of words or names that often convey a sense of endearment or smallness
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  • plural of diminutive

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The diminutives in are one of several such cases.
Nouns also have forms for diminutives.
Noun diminutives are widely used in the vernacular.
Most given names have one or more standard diminutives.
Diminutives are very commonly used in informal language.
Yiddish frequently uses diminutives.
Diminutives were the most common form of family names.
Try to avoid using diminutives.
Diminutives are often used as names eg.
He used the graceful diminutives which his school set in fashion.
Diminutives are always neuter.
In a language without diminutives.
These diminutives are sometimes used as names in their own right.
The given names can each have several different diminutives.
I hate diminutives for men.

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Augmentatives and diminutives.
In such situations diminutives are often preferred to the standard forms of given names.
The protection also applies to the usual derivatives or diminutives of those terms.
Diminutives are sometimes used to distinguish between two or more members within a family.
The use of diminutives.
Such diminutives are often used to show affection for those close to you.
Jay and Jace are the common diminutives.
Diminutives are more frequently used than in English.
Elizabeth is purported to be the English name with the greatest number of diminutives.
Diminutives and variations of the name Jared.
Both in Latin and in Greek diminutives carry a special affection.
Diminutives and Augmentatives in the Languages of the World.
Liz or Lizzy are diminutives.
I love how diminutives are applied to names in Spanish.
Warning, he detests the use of unnecessary diminutives.
The surname is derived from Slavic diminutives of the given name Blasius.
Diminutives are very common in Modern Greek.
Their names are diminutives of Bolesław and Karol.
Diminutives in German.
In many languages, formation of diminutives by adding suffixes is a productive part of the language.
Diminutives of Olga.
He co-wrote Arrietty and the world of the diminutives and The Hill of Poppies.
Possible diminutives are Honzík or Honzíček.
Suffixes are a common form, though diminutives can be prefixes, too.
No diminutives any more, we are big boys now.
Masculine, feminine and diminutives.
English Timothy and diminutives Tim and Timmy were also adopted in French.
Interlingua has a single diminutive suffix, -ett, for diminutives of all sorts.
Some diminutives are rarely used, but widely recognised.
This series can be compared to a system containing the diminutives " less " and " least.
Lithuanian diminutives are especially prevalent in poetic language, such as folk songs.
However, before the Czech Republic, I haven't experienced that diminutives are used all the time!
Diminutives are very popular in everyday usage, and are by no means reserved for children.
In commonly used language, diminutives often appear . The most common suffixes are,.
Diminutives can cover a significant fraction of children 's speech during the time of language acquisition.

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