MODELS DEMINUTIVE TERMS IN BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE

УДК 811.124:611.1/.8

Abstract

The article reveals the problem of using botanical names of medicinal plants, which are deminutive nouns, which are quite actively used in pharmaceutical terminology. When analyzing the botanical names of medicinal plants, four groups of deminutive terms are distinguished, depending on the nature of the motivating basis: terms with a motivating basis of nouns, verbs, numerals, and adjectives. The most productive model for nominating deminutives from the name of the plant genus in the botanical name is determined. The importance of the research is emphasized, the need for the analysis of this kind of vocabulary in the educational process is substantiated.