12th November 2026
New: Diminutives
You can change the feeling of a noun by swapping in a suffix: дом (house) → до́мик (a cosy little house) / доми́ще (a huge house) / доми́шко (a shabby house). Word pages now show these. ру́чка says it is a diminutive of рука́, and рука́ lists ру́чка, ручо́нка, ру́ченька and ручи́ща under its related words. We also have a little clickable info-i to explain what a diminutive is. We created/found/linked 1,622 pairs across 1,536 words, and four kinds: diminutive, endearing (ма́ма → ма́мочка), augmentative (рука́ → ручи́ща, a great big paw) and pejorative (хозя́ин → хозя́йчик, a petty small-time boss). The pejoratives are the ones we most wanted in so that it can warn you that a word is an insult. There might still be some mistakes in there - tell us when you spot one! There is also a new grammar article for the explanations: Diminutives, Augmentatives and Pejoratives.
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