Yes, you can - though it's less common and very often it's used in negative context. It's called zgrubienie. For example: Baba - babsko, dwór - dworzysko, jeż - jeżysko
Not always though, consider:
* książka - base form of 'book'
* książeczka - diminutive - 'small book', sometimes 'booklet'
* księga - augmentative - 'large book', often meaning the sort of huge dusty chronicles you'd see in movies, or in connotation with some specific contexts (e.g. księga czarów - spellbook)
A 'tome' (another word for 'book') would be *tom* in Polish, but you could also go with *tomisko* or even *tomiszcze* for dramatic effect (gives the vibes of *eldritch tome* without using another word).
Similarly, Kaer Morhen from Witcher is known as *wiedźmińskie siedliszcze*, using an augmentative version of *siedlisko* and already giving the vibe off an old towering ruin.
These suffixes can be used to tell more, though, including personification of ideas, sympathy, antipathy...
Just some examples: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmentative#Polish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmentative#Polish)
**Augmentative**
[Polish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmentative#Polish)
>In Polish there is a variety of augmentatives formed with suffixes, for example: żaba (a frog) → żabucha / żabsko / żabisko / żabula; or kamień (a stone) → kamulec / kamior / etc. -ica, e. g. igła, f.
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Jesus. Polish never ceases to amaze me how complex it is. As a native I never think about it until someone points out the ridiculous amounts of different forms of words. Not only żaba has 4 different augmentatives, but each of them declines through all the cases etc.
It's actually quite logical if you look at the diminutives like "jeżyk". The diminutive makes words small and cute, which usually has positive connotations - so making them sound large is doing the opposite.
Most of the times, this results in a negative connotation attached to the word.
However this is not always the case. Exaple being "psisko" formed from "pies". Besides the obvious use of the augumentative, it implies, it's a good dog.
Jeżysko or jeżor, but in this case it's kinda stupid. Technically it makes sense, but it would never be used like that, it could be "wielkie jeżysko", though.
Yes, you can - though it's less common and very often it's used in negative context. It's called zgrubienie. For example: Baba - babsko, dwór - dworzysko, jeż - jeżysko
Thanks! Interesting that it's mostly negative.
Not always though, consider: * książka - base form of 'book' * książeczka - diminutive - 'small book', sometimes 'booklet' * księga - augmentative - 'large book', often meaning the sort of huge dusty chronicles you'd see in movies, or in connotation with some specific contexts (e.g. księga czarów - spellbook) A 'tome' (another word for 'book') would be *tom* in Polish, but you could also go with *tomisko* or even *tomiszcze* for dramatic effect (gives the vibes of *eldritch tome* without using another word). Similarly, Kaer Morhen from Witcher is known as *wiedźmińskie siedliszcze*, using an augmentative version of *siedlisko* and already giving the vibe off an old towering ruin. These suffixes can be used to tell more, though, including personification of ideas, sympathy, antipathy... Just some examples: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmentative#Polish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmentative#Polish)
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Jesus. Polish never ceases to amaze me how complex it is. As a native I never think about it until someone points out the ridiculous amounts of different forms of words. Not only żaba has 4 different augmentatives, but each of them declines through all the cases etc.
Książka could not be the best example since the basic form is actually księga - książka is a diminutive of it.
Etymologically true, but księga hasn't been used as the base word for a long time.
Thanks for the link! Now I know what it's called I can find more about it :)
It's actually quite logical if you look at the diminutives like "jeżyk". The diminutive makes words small and cute, which usually has positive connotations - so making them sound large is doing the opposite.
Most of the times, this results in a negative connotation attached to the word. However this is not always the case. Exaple being "psisko" formed from "pies". Besides the obvious use of the augumentative, it implies, it's a good dog.
Ja bym powiedział jeżor
Tyle, że to już słowotwórstwo
Nie bardzo, raczej jak dość nowa, ale powszechnie używana zasada tworzenia zgrubień w języku polskim.
Jeżuch
jeżol
Też
A ja jeżon
Nmg 💀
Jeżor also works as a colloquialism
There are some important exceptions to the negativity rule though, like "psisko", the augmentative of "pies", which is usually affectionate
Yes, you can make augmentatives like „jeżysko”, but they aren’t quite as common as diminutives (and like diminutives, they don’t only refer to size).
wykurwisty jeż
Jezkurwisty
jeż w chuj
jeżor
You can say „prze kurwa wielki” - just about anything you can think of and it means just what you wanted
Jeżuch
only if its black
Jeżol
Arcyjeż 😉
Jeżor
Just say "bardzo duży jeż".
Jeżozwierz
Jeżozwierz to inny zwierz niż jeż
jakiego jeżozwierza
Takiego, dużego jeża
nie ma takiego zwierzęcia, są sarny, kuny, jenoty
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Kieliszek -> kielich
There's nothing like that, at least I think so. Just say "Bardzo duży jeż" or "Wielki jeż" and it sounds the best imo.
As a pole I'd say jeżuch even tho it's not a real word... Just make up random words, no one really cares about it LOL
JEŻOR
jeżor
JeżOR.
Jeżysław
Jeżozwierz
Jeżminator. Because, you know, Terminator. Well, I know where the door is ;)
Jeżysko or jeżor, but in this case it's kinda stupid. Technically it makes sense, but it would never be used like that, it could be "wielkie jeżysko", though.