Original scientific paper

Noun formation through suffixes terminating in -stvo

Stjepan Babić

Abstract

This paper is a presentation of the formation of nouns ending in -stvo and -štvo. It is established that the formation involves three suffixes: -stvo, -anstvo and -instvo. Of these, only -stvo is fully productive, -anstvo being marginally productive and -instvo unproductive.
A special formational problem are a few nouns explainable as derived by either of the two suffixes -stvo and -aštvo. The paper emphasizes that such examples cause new suffixes to emerge.

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Hrčak ID:

183871

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/183871

Publication date:

1.11.1979.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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