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Nicknames may be formed with the ''-in'', ''-lăn'', or the double diminutive ''-(i)non''. For example, ''Yacăv'' 'Jacob' may become ''Yancin'', ''Yałcin'', ''Yaclăn'', or ''Yacnon''. | Nicknames may be formed with the ''-in'', ''-lăn'', or the double diminutive ''-(i)non''. For example, ''Yacăv'' 'Jacob' may become ''Yancin'', ''Yałcin'', ''Yaclăn'', or ''Yacnon''. | ||
Female nicknames often use the feminine diminutive ''-ăg'': ''Șifrăg'' (< Șifrǎ 'Shiphrah'), ''Chownăg'' (< Chownă/Chană 'Hannah'), ''Rivgăg'' (< Rivgă 'Rebekah'), etc. | Female nicknames often use the feminine diminutive ''-ăg'' (~ Irish ''-óg''): ''Șifrăg'' (< Șifrǎ 'Shiphrah'), ''Chownăg'' (< Chownă/Chană 'Hannah'), ''Rivgăg'' (< Rivgă 'Rebekah'), etc. | ||
== Biblical names == | == Biblical names == | ||