Frequentative

, Diminutive (also diminutive, diminutive - Latin: deminuere: " reduce, diminish " ), sometimes also called Attenuativ, refers to the type of action of a verb that expresses a lower intensity of an action.

Examples in German:

  • Cough ( ' a little cough ')
  • Smile ( ' chuckles ')

In German diminutive verbs are usually derived with - eln or - ern from the original verb, as well as the frequentative or iterative verbs.

The attenuative of action is limited in the Russian language on the perfective aspect, eg пообсохнуть [ poobsoxnut '] " slow, gradual dry ".

Source

  • Helmut luck: Metzler Lexikon Sprache. Publisher J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar, 1993.
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  • Linguistic morphology
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