Czech entomological terminology from the word-formation point of view – derivation Cover Image

České entomologické odborné názvosloví ze slovotvorného hlediska – odvozování
Czech entomological terminology from the word-formation point of view – derivation

Author(s): Zdeňka Kohoutková
Subject(s): Western Slavic Languages
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: deminution; deriving; entomology; feminine derived from masculine; insects; terminology; word-formation

Summary/Abstract: In this study, derived names of insects in Czech were excerpted from two books: Atlas hmyzu [Insect Atlas] (Pokorný – Šifner, 2004) and Hmyz [The Insect] (Zahradník – Severa, 2015). A significant majority of these were formed independently of the international Latin terms. It turns out that the most common suffixes used to create Czech scientific insect names denote diminution,substantives derived from adjectives, agent nouns, and feminine forms derived from masculine ones.

  • Issue Year: 102/2019
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 320-335
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Czech