„Малóго пóтяти малóє гніздя́”. Демінутивна функція суфіксів, історично пов’язаних із псл. nt-основами, у південнокарпатських говірках (за словниковими матеріалами Івана Панькевича)

The study examines the suffi xes that come from the Proto-Slavic declensions of nt-stems, their performance and function in South Carpathian Ukrainian dialects (Transcarpathian and South Lemko dialects). The material source is the „The Lexical Database of South Carpathian dialects Based on the Materials of Ivan Pankevych”. The database contains nouns with suffi xes -a, -ča, -en’a, -c’a, as well as sporadic occurrences with suffi xes -enča, -inča, -yča, -yt’a. Words are categorized into thematic groups. The diversity of semantics documented for these diminutives indicates that these suffi xes are productive means of word formation in South Carpathian Ukrainian dialects. A comparative analysis with Boiko and North Lemko dialects confi rms the equal productivity of these suffi xes in North Carpathian dialects, especially in Boiko dialect. Regarding the geographic distribution of some of these suffi xes, it is likely that the -en’a suffi x is more characteristic for the Maramorosh and Verkhovyna dialects, while -( ’) a and -ča are more frequent in the western and central parts of the studied area. Materials from other Slavic languages exhibit a similar trend in the development of diminutive functions for these suffi xes, especially in Bulgarian and partially in Slovak languages.