Diminutive Adjectives
Diminutive adjectives are formed by several methods.
Morphological method
Morphological method
- by adding the suffixes –ish/-g’ish, -mtir to color words:
Uzbek
oqish sarg’ish qizg’ish ko’kish |
Turkish
beyazımsı sarımsı kırmızımsı mavimsi |
English
whitish yellowish reddish bluish |
- by adding the suffixes -gina/-kina/-qina to adjectives:
Uzbek
shiringina yumshoqqina |
Turkish
bayağı tatlı oldukça yumuşak |
English
quite sweet, rather sweet quite soft, rather soft |
Lexical method
- by using the following words before adjectives:
Uzbek
och nim yarim aytarli uncha unchalik |
Turkish
açık yarım yarım o kadar, fazla o kadar, fazla o kadar, fazla |
English
light half half noticeably not so much not so much |
- Lexical/morphological method: biroz, xiyol+ -roq, sal + -roq
Uzbek
xiyol kattaroq biroz kichikroq |
Turkish
daha büyük biraz küçük |
English
little bigger little smaller |