Talk:-inkat

Alternative -ink- vs. -inkat
At least one source indicates -ink- as a suffix: Nauka o tvoření slov: tematické okruhy a cvičení, Uher and Kneselová, 1999.

While it looks like an interfix, it could be argued to be a suffix by positing that the final -at is a mere inflectional ending of an infinitive.

One interesting property of -ink- is that it would unite nominal, adjectival and verbal diminution: máma → mam- + -ink- + -a, malý → mal- + -ink- + -ý, and spát → sp- + -ink- + -at.

--Dan Polansky (talk) 17:35, 1 February 2020 (UTC)