[gothic-l] Re: About diminutive

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Fredrik" <gadrauhts at h...> wrote:
> Am I right about that the gender is the same in diminutive as the 
> original word?
> Like 'barn' that is neuter becomes barnilo, and 'mawi' that is fem. 
> becomes mawilo.
> 
> Is diminutive always weak? (n-stems)
> 
> If the word is feminine, how do I know if the díminutive becomes on-
 
> or in-stem?
> 
> And at last, the vowel infront of the l, how to know which one it 
> should be? Is it the same rule as in compounded words?
> 
> 
> Ps. Does some one know what the name of the opposite to diminutive 
is?

Indeed, the gender in diminutive is the same as in the original word. 
Thus, in nominative singular a masculine will end in -ila/-ula, and a 
feminine and neuter in -ilo/-ulo (weak declension).
The vowel in front of l is usually i, but, as Llama Nom has pointed 
out, the u-stems have an u before the l.
The opposite to diminutive is the "augmentative".

Framncisc



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