Talk:-inkat
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Dan Polansky in topic Alternative -ink- vs. -inkat
Alternative -ink- vs. -inkat[edit]
At least one source indicates -ink- as a suffix: Nauka o tvoření slov: tematické okruhy a cvičení, Uher and Kneselová, 1999.
While it looks like an interfix, it could be argued to be a suffix by positing that the final -at is a mere inflectional ending of an infinitive.
One interesting property of -ink- is that it would unite nominal, adjectival and verbal diminution: máma → mam- + -ink- + -a, malý → mal- + -ink- + -ý, and spát → sp- + -ink- + -at.