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Aula grátisThe suffix -ezno/-ezna, from Latin -icĭnus, attaches mainly to animal nouns and forms nouns referring to their young, often with a diminutive nuance. Unlike highly productive suffixes such as -ero, this is a very small and restricted paradigm in modern Spanish.
The attested nouns are ordered approximately by contemporary frequency.
| # | Spanish Noun | Noun in English | Base Noun | Base Noun in English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lobezno / lobezna | wolf cub | lobo / loba | wolf |
| 2 | osezno / osezna | bear cub | oso / osa | bear |
| 3 | perrezno | puppy; young dog | perro | dog |
| 4 | pavezno | young turkey; turkey poult | pavo | turkey |
The RAE explicitly gives lobezno, osezno and pavezno as examples of the suffix, and the DLE additionally records perrezno as 'perro pequeño o cachorro'.
A note on productivity: we would not add invented forms such as *tigrezno or *leonezno. The suffix is not freely productive: Spanish normally uses other lexical names (cachorro, etc.) for the young of most animals.
There is also viborezno, but the RAE classifies this use of -ezno as adjectival, expressing relation or belonging, so it should not be included in an N → N table.
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