And both are diminutives of Drogo, which occurs in Domesday Book, and is, through Old French, the origin of our Drew.
In addition to the suffixes and diminutives already mentioned, we have the two rather puzzling endings -man and -cock.
The discussion of Scotch diminutives halting here, the boat sped on silently to the yacht.
The consul, struggling manfully to keep up a spasmodic discussion on Scotch diminutives in names, found himself mechanically saying: "And James you call Jamie?
In German, diminutives are freely used to express endearment.
The Italian is particularly rich in diminutives and augmentatives, such compounddiminutives as fratellinucciettinetto (a diminutive of frate, brother) being sometimes employed.
We have also as diminutives Bennoch, corresponding with an O.
Sidenote: Lost Diminutives} Then toodiminutives are fast disappearing from the language.
Diminutives are also formed by changing a harsh sound into one more liquid; as votun son, to vochiun little son.
There are no diminutives or augmentatives, which are supplied by means of the adjectives picki little, and buta great.
The fondness of boys for calling each other by the diminutives of their surnames belongs here.
The Use ofDiminutives in -ing by Some Writers in Low German Dialects.
As it would have been an absurdity to have appended diminutives to sesquipedalian names, national wit, rather than deliberate plan, prevented it.
People forgot in course of time that they were diminutives of Emma and Hamond, and separated them from their parents.
We in England only adopted double diminutives in two cases, those of Colinet and Robinet, or Dobinet, and both were rarely used.
But the use of double diminutives was of every-day practice in Normandy and France, and increased their total greatly.
Adding a, to the nouns, are formed diminutives expressing contempt or disregard, as: Worthless woman.
The adjectives of ma, become diminutives by putting before, the particle malo, as: Somewhat valiant.
The same adjectives become diminutives by duplicating the root, as: Somewhat sweet.
The diminutives are formed in Bisaya by means of the adjective diutay.
Spanish augmentatives and diminutives is well brought out by the contrast between this word and =amiguito= in line 1 above.
Superlatives in =-ísimo= are not given unless irregular, but diminutives and augmentatives are given.
Reeves thinks the diminutives may indicate the poorness of the animals from the little there was to feed them upon.
Diminutives are formed from adjectives, as from substantives (267).
The South likes diminutives and combinations in its women's names.
Moreover, where these diminutives have been passed down for several generations in a family, their origin is sometimes lost sight of, and the diminutive becomes the actual baptismal name.
The Bohemian language abounds in diminutives of nouns and adjectives.
The diminutivesare formed by the addition of suffixes.
Form diminutives from given words and use them in sentences: A.
In these words we have the diminutives of Hal, Peter, Will, &c.
This is occasioned by the false analogy of the diminutives of the derived form in r.
A good chapter on the English diminutives may be seen in the Cambridge Philological Museum, vol.
Vanya and Vanyusha are diminutives of Ivan (John), answering to our Johnny; Vanka is another, more like our Jack.
Ivashko and Ivashechko, are caressing diminutives of Ivan.
These diminutives were commonly added by the Greeks to the names of persons with whom they conversed on terms of friendship and familiarity.
But to this day, in ordinary conversation, it is usual to add the endearing name of little to everything we love; the French and Italians make use of these affectionate diminutives even more than we.
The Diminutives of the Bend are the Bendlet and the Cotise, the one containing one-half and the other one-fourth of its area.
It will be observed that in gender the Diminutives follow the gender of the words from which they are derived.
Diminutives are formed by means of the suffix -odshi, -udshi.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "diminutives" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
