Do you know how to pronounce and write correctly: sentiment or sentiment? If we assume that this noun is related to the adjective "sentimental", then the answer suggests: "sentiment." But is he true?
The meaning of the word "sentiment"
I wonder what does "sentiment" mean? Maybe this word refers to centimeters or Santa Claus? Or is it the name of one of the states in America? Of course, these are all jokes! But seriously?
"Sentiment" is excessive sensitivity and all its manifestations.
Consider several examples of the use of this word.
- “Don’t be offended, my dear Marinochka, in that situation too much depended on me, too much was at stake, so I could not afford sentiment and other emotions.”
- "Sentiment in our case is of no practical use."
- "I advise you to leave sentiment behind the threshold of this office, we have serious and urgent work ahead."
- "I guess I'm getting old, something attracted me to sentiments unusual for me."
- “The investigator is not entitled to sentiment at work.”
- "There is neither time nor energy for sentiment, better deal with the matter."
Spelling
To clarify the spelling of the word we are interested in, we turn to the spelling dictionary for help.
Oddly enough, both versions are true, although the word "sentiment" is often used, this form is the result of the adaptation of the French word to the Russian language.
Morphological characteristics, change in cases and numbers
The word "sentiment" consists of ten letters and ten sounds, of which six sounds are consonants and four sounds are vowels. From all this it follows that the word can be divided into four syllables. It is well known that when there is more than one syllable in a word, one of them is pronounced stronger than the others. Such a syllable is called stressed, weaker syllables are called unstressed. In the word "sentiment", the third syllable is stressed. In other words, the stress falls on the letter “e”.
Morphologically, the word "sentiment" is a common noun and inanimate noun of the second declension in the plural. The singular form is practically not used.
| Case | Question | Examples of use |
| Nominative case | What? | Sentiment is a kind of atavism. |
| Genitive | What? | There was no room left for sentiment in my hardened heart. |
| Dative | Why? | To sentiments, like to any other manifestations of weakness, Mikhail Valerievich was a little contemptuous. |
| Accusative | What? | The elderly policeman was so exhausted at work that he had no strength left for sentiment and calf tenderness . |
| Instrumental case | Than? | By sentiment, philologists mean manifestations of sensitivity and kindness. |
| Prepositional | About what? | Alas, I don’t find anything nice in all of your sentiments. |
Sentiment: synonym
Synonyms are designed to make our oral and written speech richer, more colorful and diverse. Let’s try to pick up several full or partial synonyms for the noun “sentiment”.
Sentiment is:
- Sensitivity: "Such sensitivity is not entirely appropriate here: strong, even cruel men, gathered here."
- Pity: "There is no time for pity and other nonsense, you need to act."
Phrases with the noun "sentiment"
Often high school students are asked to make phrases with a given word.
What words is combined with the noun "sentiment"?
Adjective and participle: unnecessary, inappropriate, girlish, feminine, ladies ', ladies', unworthy, annoying, annoying, tedious, touching, present, fake, fake, fake, strange, past, vulgar, calves, mysterious, despicable, fantastic, unreal , invented, real, fairy-tale, romantic, dry, startling, compassionate, natural, unnatural, silly, stupid, childish, senile, old mans, slobbery, stupid, shameful, superfluous, useless, healing, supportive, tuning, sweetheart tall, cloying, bitter, unprecedented, with, live, different, own, identical, sketched, peeped, human, human, humane, peasants, petty-bourgeois, landlord, bloated, old.
Numeral: one, the first.
Pronoun: draws, mine, yours, ours, yours, them, some, some, none, any, some, those, these, such, one, first, second.
Verbs: breed, begin, describe, finish, demonstrate, hide, hide, restrain, terminate, stop, interrupt, encourage, value, despise, vulgarize, observe, neglect, characterize, appear, spoil, inspire, take away, delight, seek, find, bore, seem.
Anagrams
Who is unfamiliar with an interesting game in which one long word needs to be composed of as many short ones as possible? Here's how many words can be made up of sentiment: centime, camp, son, ace, nast, yew, tent, test, mat, manti.