Je li slama Kumova ili Kumovska?
Which Is the Correct Form of the Popular Name for Our Galaxy: Kumova Slama or Kumovska Slama?
Author(s): Ivana TrtanjSubject(s): Lexis, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: Correct Form of the Popular Name for Our Galaxy; Kumova Slama; Kumovska Slama; Croatian language;
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the formational suffix in the generally accepted Croatian name for our galaxy, the Milky Way. Since there are two forms that occur in normative handbooks: Kumova Slama and Kumovska Slama, the woman author comments the use and the meaning of the suffixes -ov and -ski for the formation of adjectives.
Journal: Jezik: časopis za kulturu hrvatskoga književnog jezika
- Issue Year: 59/2012
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 94-100
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Croatian