υποκορισμός
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See also: ὑποκορισμός
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑποκορισμός (hupokorismós, “use of endearing names; use of diminutives”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
υποκορισμός • (ypokorismós) m (plural υποκορισμοί)
- (linguistics) (the formation of diminutive terms)
- (less common nuance) hypocorism (creation of terms of endearment, like pet names, with an emotional or familiar nuance of diminutives) [2][3]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | υποκορισμός (ypokorismós) | υποκορισμοί (ypokorismoí) |
| genitive | υποκορισμού (ypokorismoú) | υποκορισμών (ypokorismón) |
| accusative | υποκορισμό (ypokorismó) | υποκορισμούς (ypokorismoús) |
| vocative | υποκορισμέ (ypokorismé) | υποκορισμοί (ypokorismoí) |
Related terms
- υποκοριστικός (ypokoristikós, “diminutive”)
See also
- For term of endearment see χαϊδευτικό n (chaïdeftikó), neuter of χαϊδευτικός (chaïdeftikós)
References
- ^ υποκορισμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ υποκορισμός - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
- ^ υποκορισμός (& comments on senses) - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
Further reading
υποκορισμός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
