SUFFIXES THAT CREATE HYPOCORISTIC FEMININE NAMES IN THE SERBIAN ANTHROPONYMY
SUFFIXES THAT CREATE HYPOCORISTIC FEMININE NAMES IN THE SERBIAN ANTHROPONYMY

Author(s): Anca-Maria Bercaru
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Факултет по славянски филологии, Софийски университет »Св. Кл. Охридски«
Keywords: Serbian anthroponymy; feminine names; suffixation
Summary/Abstract: The Serbian system of personal names contains three major categories of anthroponyms: traditional names, Christian names and modern names. In the present paper we are submitting to analysis the formation of the feminine hypocoristic forms through the process of derivation with suffixes. The inventory of Serbian feminine names is rich in derivatives and derived hypocoristic names. Feminine hypocoristic forms created through derivation present the following structure: a vowel root, extracted usually from the theme of compound names, a suffix and a feminine desinence, such as is the example of the feminine names Ra-č-a, Ra-j-a, Ra-š-a, created with the suffixes -č-a, -j-a, -š-a from the vowel root Ra-, extracted from the theme Rad- of the compound names Radmila, Radoslava.

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