back-formation in Russian
back-formation in Russian is обра́тное словообразова́ние.
back-formation in Russian
обра́тное словообразова́ние
Pronounced: obratnoye slovoobrazovaniye
(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.
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What is "back-formation" in Russian?
"back-formation" in Russian is обра́тное словообразова́ние.
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"back-formation" in Russian is обра́тное словообразова́ние, pronounced "obratnoye slovoobrazovaniye".
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