deminutivum

Czech

Alternative forms

• diminutivum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɪnutɪvum]
• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛmɪnutiːvum]
• Rhymes: -ɪvum

Noun

deminutivum n

1. diminutive

   Synonym: zdrobnělina

   Antonym: augmentativum

Declension

Declension of deminutivum (hard neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	deminutivum	deminutiva
genitive	deminutiva	deminutiv
dative	deminutivu	deminutivům
accusative	deminutivum	deminutiva
vocative	deminutivum	deminutiva
locative	deminutivu	deminutivech
instrumental	deminutivem	deminutivy

Related terms

• See minus

Further reading

• “deminutivum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “deminutivum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• deminutivum in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
• Wikiversity:Czech diminutive

Dutch

Noun

deminutivum n (plural deminutiva)

1. (rare) Alternative form of diminutivum

Latin

Alternative forms

• dīminutīvum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.mi.nuˈtiː.u̯um/, [d̪eːmɪnʊˈt̪iːu̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.mi.nuˈti.vum/, [d̪eminuˈt̪iːvum]

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of nōmen dēminutīvum (“diminutive noun”), or simply substantivized directly from the neuter adjective form dēminutīvum.

Noun

dēminutīvum n (genitive dēminutīvī); second declension

1. (grammar) diminutive noun

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēminutīvum	dēminutīva
Genitive	dēminutīvī	dēminutīvōrum
Dative	dēminutīvō	dēminutīvīs
Accusative	dēminutīvum	dēminutīva
Ablative	dēminutīvō	dēminutīvīs
Vocative	dēminutīvum	dēminutīva

Descendants

Adjectival descendants are at dēminutīvus.

• → Dutch: diminutief, deminutief (noun), diminutivum, deminutivum, diminutivum tantum
• → English: diminutive, deminutive (noun)
• → German: Deminutiv, Diminutiv

Etymology 2

Inflected form of dēminutīvus (“additional”).

Adjective

dēminutīvum

1. inflection of dēminutīvus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular