Derivational paradigm – Is there any? A contrastive research

Nouns → Nouns
 
When a noun is derived from another noun, the most complete paradigm is a paradigm of 
diminutive forms of the source noun. For female diminutives, the most complete paradigm is 
undoubtedly formed with the diminutive suffix 
‘
-ka/-
ička’, because each of the analysed 
female nouns forms its diminutive form by means of this suffix. The paradigm of female 
diminutives has for instance the following members: 
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mam
ka
N
 
and 
mam
ička
N
 
<
mama
N
 
‘mother’
; 
dcér
ka
N
 
and
 dcér
ička
N
<
dcéra
N
 
‘daughter’
; etc. 
For male diminutives, the most productive suffix is the ‘
-ko/-
čko’ suffix and its variants ‘
-
čik’, ‘
-
čok’ and ‘
-
ček’. The suffix
es give rise to diminutives such as:
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otec
ko
N
 
<
 
otec
N
 
‘father’;
 
syn
ko
N
, syn
ček
N
 
and 
syná
čik
N
 
<
syn
N
 
‘son’; 
bra
ček
N
, brat
ko
N
 
and
 brat
ček
N
 
<
brat
N
 
‘brother’; 
etc. 
Many other suffixes and prefixes serve for the derivation of nouns from nouns, however, the 
paradigms they form are not fully regular. In view of the aims of this paper, irregular or 
gapped paradigms are of little importance. For more detailed overview of de-substantival 
paradigms refer to my diploma thesis.