THE PARADIGM OF «COLLECTIVE» NOUNS WITH SUFFIXES -NICK-, -NYAK-
Journal: Scientific Notes of V I Vernadsky Crimean Federal University Philological sciences
Year: 2025

The article examines the semantics and functioning features of one of the groups of nouns traditionally considered as collective. The problem of distinguishing lexico-grammatical categories of nouns determining their nature and boundaries has long attracted the attention of scientists. In the framework of modern research it is often considered from the point of view of the transition of words from one lexico-grammatical category to another. This is reflected in their grammatical properties, prim