Creation of Ukraine residents’ surnames derived from the surname of «Dyed», and their territorial distribution

Abstract

The article examines the peculiarities of the creation of surnames derived from the appellative dyed, common in Ukraine. It is noted that this microsystem of surnames, although small (only 55 surnames), is quite diverse in terms of its word-forming palette and is characterized by a different frequency of distribution in the regions of Ukraine. A review of the scientific works of domestic linguists on the theoretical and applied aspects of the study of Ukrainian surnames (the works of V. O. Horpynych, L. T. Masenko, A. M. Popovskyi, Yu. F. Pradid, Yu. K. Redko, M. L. Khudash, etc.), their lexicographic processing as a whole (V. M. Demchenko and I. P. Lopushynskyi, A. M. Zosimov, Yu. K. Redko, etc.), as well as individual regions of Ukraine in particular (G. L. Arkushyn, V. O. Horpynych, Yu. M. Novikova, P. P. Chuchka, etc.). A cursory review of the scientific research of Ukrainian scientists gave grounds to summarize that surnames derived from the appellative dyed, as well as the microsystem of surnames «Dyed» in general, were not studied even casually, in connection with the study of other problems, in Ukrainian linguistic science. The purpose of the article is to investigate the peculiarities of the creation of surnames derived from the appellative dyed, their regional prevalence in Ukraine. Achieving this goal involves solving the following tasks: 1) to summarize the work of Ukrainian linguists on the problems of studying surnames of residents of Ukraine; 2) to single out a microgroup of surnames formed from the appellation dyed; 3) to describe the features of their fprmation; 4) to characterize the distribution of such surnames in the regions of Ukraine. Results. It was established that the most common surname of the «Dyed» microgroup is the surname Dedova (808 speakers), and the most derived surnames are formed from the appellative dyed (13 surnames). No last name was formed from the surnames Dedovskyi, Dedovets, Dedovych, Dedus, Dedynskyi, which are also formed from the appellative dyed. The most common ways of creating surnames derived from the appellative dyed are suffixation (30 surnames) and inflection (18 surnames). Originality. In the future, the problem of origin, features of creation and distribution on the territory of Ukraine of surnames derived from other names, rare and merged surnames and some other aspects will need to be studied.