It seems, however, not to have been restricted toĭiminutives, but to have been used in the formation of Wifie, wifock, and wifockie are derivativesįrom E. Geddes mentions four diminutives as from lass,. Not yet gone to school, laddikin, a boy in arms.
One under the age of puberty, laddock, a boy who has While lad signifies a youth or stripling, laddie denotes Or very diminutive, and mannikin, as in E., a dwarf. Mannie, a little man, mannock, one who is decrepit In Clydes., where the father is lames, the son is Minution, expressive of difference of age, relation, size, Possesses two, in some instances three, degrees of di. It has been observed, indeed, that the S. Which have a similar application as lassock, a little Ock is used as a termination of names when given toĬhildren, as Jamock, from James, &c., also of nouns In dif-įerent counties, and especially in the West of S., oc or Similar examples occur in S., as Stirk, q. Thus in Germ., funk, scintilla, igniculus, is derivedįrom fan, ignis mennike, maenki, homunculus (E. This letter is used in the formation of diminutives. WORDS not found under this letter may be sought
JOHN LONGMUIR, A.M., LL.D., AND DAVID DONALDSON, F.E.I.S. INSTITUTIONS, IN THEIR ANALOGY TO THOSE OF OTHER NATIONS :Ī DISSEETATION ON THE OKIGIN OF THE SCOTTISH LANGUAGE :įELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, AND OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND.ĬAREFULLY REVISED AND COLLATED, WITH THE ENTIRE SUPPLEMENT INCORPORATED, SHEWING THEIR AFFINITY TO THOSE OF OTHER LANGUAGES, AND ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN ĮXPLAINING MANY TERMS, WHICH, THOUGH NOW OBSOLETE IN ENGLAND, WERE FORMERLYĬOMMON TO BOTH COUNTRIES J AND ELUCIDATING NATIONAL RITES, CUSTOMS, AND THE WORDS IN THEIK DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS, BY EXAMPLES FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN WRITERS
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