Leksikoloogia konspekt (uus)
o Diminuatives
-y - nicknames shorty, Johnny, Mummy, doggy
-ie – birdie, doggie or independent formations – bookie, movie
-en – maiden, chicken (not productive)
-ling – darling, sibling, gosling, duckling,
-kin – napkin
-ock – buttock, hillock, bullock
-et – bullet, pallet, tablet, cigarette, kitchenette, balconette, suffragette,
o To form abstract nouns
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-dom – kingdom, serfdom, freedom
-hood – likelihood, manhood, childhood, womanhood
-ness – likeness, everydayness, bitterness, kindness, blindness, darkness