Thread: "Undiminutive"?

I think the opposite of "diminutive" is "augmentative" (увеличительный). For some reason, the form does seem to be rarer in Russian than the diminutive.There are a few augmentatives formed with suffixes, including -ище, -ишко, and -ин-, for example: дом (the house) домище (great house) домина (huge house). An impression of excessive qualities is sometimes made using the suffix -га, for example: ветер (the wind), ветрюга (strong wind).

There are neuter nouns ending in -ище and declined substituting the usual -o with -e. (чудовище, чудовища, чудовищем, и т.д.)

Originally Posted by mudrets

I think the opposite of "diminutive" is "augmentative" (увеличительный). For some reason, the form does seem to be rarer in Russian than the diminutive.

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that word. In German, we have no grammatical declinable suffix for such purposes (and only two for diminutives), but we can stick lots of words as compound prefixes on nouns to achieve that effect.