Diminutives pertain to affixes which are added to a word to convey smallness. Some examples of words with diminutives are cigarette for cigar, pipette for pipe, kitty for kitten and booklet for book.
we hve been given two poems the learning objective is to understand how diminutives are found?
The most common is Máirín (Maureen).
It's Franciszek. The most popular diminutives are Franek and Franiu.
Maruy = Maria nicknames or diminutives: Marysia, Marychna, Marynia, Mania, Mańka
Yes, they have many variations. Example name: Anastasiya Nasten'ka, Nastyuha, Nastyusha, etc.
'Alice' is a female name. It is one of a number of diminutives of 'Alexandra' , the female form of ' Alexander'. Other diminutives of Alexandra are. Alex Alexis Alexa Sandra Sally, Zandra Xandra
Elizabeth, a name with at least 40 pronounceable variants and diminutives, such as Betty, Liz, yea, even Zsa Zsa.
Harold is an Old English name meaning 'heroic leader', same as the title 'herald'. Diminutives of Harold are Harry and Hal.
Джэк - Jehk.Although, since Jack is short for John (Иван - Ivan) you might use one of the diminutives. But there are many, many, many, diminutives for Ivan. Vanya, Vanyusha, Vanechka, Ivanka, Ivanya, and on and on. I can recall at least 50. Russians really like nicknames.
Ilona Polterauer has written: 'Die Deminutiva in der modernen russischen Schriftsprache' -- subject(s): Diminutives, Russian language, Suffixes and prefixes
The proud and noble English surname of Jennings derives from the diminutives of the given name John, which comes from the Hebrew language, carrying the meaning of "God is gracious".