How does a woman turn into a grandmother? Everyone will answer: “It is known how. - A woman lives for herself. She gave birth to children, and those - grandchildren. So she became a grandmother. ”
And right away, this one is not a linguist. Because as a linguist of a different opinion. He knows for sure that grandparents will come out if “ears” are pinned to a woman or grandfather. And attaching them to a sparrow, we get a sparrow.
Nailed Morpheme
In Russian, -shush as a suffix serves different purposes. But let's deal with him in order.
The Latin word suffixus means “nailed”, “pinned”. There are no questions why it was from him that the name of that morpheme that joins the root came from. As if in memory of this nailing, the suffix is ​​indicated by the symbol , reminiscent of the roof of the house.
Sometimes especially curious people look under this "canopy". And they see there a lot of interesting things, as, in fact, under any other "roof". Follow their example.
As for some parts of the word, scientists still can not agree with each other:
- Some say that -sya is the reflexive suffix of the verb, while others are called -sya reflexive particle.
- Some linguists are inclined to believe that - and - these are suffixes of the indefinite form of the verb, and their opponents believe that these are endings.
What everyone agrees with is the division of suffixes into:
- simple (i.e. indivisible),
- compound (from two morphemes).
Also, everyone agrees on the following categories into which the “pinned” parts of lexical units of speech are divided:
- word-building (producing new words);
- formative (with the help of which we obtain the forms of the same word);
- word-forming (those that help create both new concepts and new forms);
The suffix –ushk that interests us belongs to the latter group.
The ugly Varvarushka goes to the river, carries Pestruska in the tub
Form nouns of masculine, feminine and neuter gender with an affectionate meaning:
In the same way, proper names with the same value are obtained:
Words with the suffix -shush (most often feminine) can have a diminutive, derogatory, and derogatory connotation:
- The ear also forms from the verb denoting action, a noun that names the subject:
- feeding trough
- laying hen
- zakidushka.
And on behalf of the adjective, with the help of this morpheme, a noun is formed with the same characteristic features.
This suffix forms the name of persons (female gender) by action or attribute, called the words from which they are formed.
And, finally, another suffix-word is performed by the suffix “ear” in the nicknames of animals according to their coat color:
Here is one of these meanings for a word if the ears of the corresponding suffix stick out from it.