Do you know how to pronounce and write correctly: sentiment or sentiment? If we assume that this noun is related to the adjective "sentimental", then the answer suggests itself: "sentiments". But is it true?
Meaning of the word "sentiment"
I wonder what "sentiment" means? Maybe this word has something to do with centimeters or Santa Claus? Or is that the name of one of the states in America? Of course, these are all jokes! But seriously?
"Sentiment" is over-sensitivity and all its manifestations.
Let's look at a few examples of the use of this word.
- "Do not be offended, my dear Marinochka, in that situation too much depended on me, too much was at stake, so I could not afford sentimentality and other emotions."
- "Sentiment is of no practical use in our case."
- "I advise you to leave sentimentality outside the threshold of this office, we have serious and urgent work to do."
- "Probably I'm getting old, something drew me tosentiments uncharacteristic of me.”
- "An investigator has no right to sentiment at work."
- "There is neither time nor energy for sentimentality, do a better job."
Spelling
To clarify the spelling of the word we are interested in, we turn to the spelling dictionary for help.
Oddly enough, both options are true, although the word "sentiment" is more commonly used, this form is the result of the adaptation of the French word to Russian.
Morphological characteristics, change in cases and numbers
The word "sentiment" consists of ten letters and ten sounds, of which six sounds are consonants, and four sounds are vowels. From all this it follows that the word can be divided into four syllables. It is well known that in the case when there is more than one syllable in a word, one of them is pronounced stronger than the others. Such a syllable is called stressed, weaker syllables are called unstressed. In the word "sentiment" the third syllable is stressed. In other words, the stress falls on the letter "e".
Morphologically, the word "sentiment" is a common noun and inanimate noun of the second declension in the plural. The singular form is almost never used.
| Case | Question | Examples of usage |
| Nominative | What? | Sentiment is a kind of atavism. |
| Genitive | What? | Bmy hardened heart has no room for sentiment. |
| Dative | What? | To sentiments, as well as to any other manifestations of weakness, Mikhail Valeryevich was a little contemptuous. |
| Accusative | What? | The elderly policeman was so exhausted at work that he had no strength left for sentimentality and veal tenderness. |
| Instrumental | What? | Under sentiments, philologists mean manifestations of sensitivity and kindness. |
| Prepositional case | About what? | Alas, I don’t find anything cute in all these sentiments of yours. |
Sentiment: synonymous
Synonyms are designed to make our oral and written speech richer, more colorful and diverse. Let's try to pick up a few full or partial synonyms for the noun "sentiment".
Sentiment is:
- Sensitivity: "Such sensitivity is not quite appropriate here: strong, even somewhat cruel men have gathered in this place."
- Pity: "There is no time for pity and other nonsense, we need to act."
Phrases with the noun "sentiment"
Often, high school students are asked to make phrases with a given word.
What words go with the noun "sentiment"?
Adjective and participle: unnecessary, inappropriate, girlish, feminine, feminine, feminine, unworthy, annoying,annoying, tedious, touching, real, fake, fake, fake, weird, past, vulgar, calf, mysterious, despicable, fantastic, unreal, invented, real, fabulous, romantic, dry, amazing, pathetic, natural, unnatural, stupid, stupid, childish, senile, old man's, drooling, stupid, shameful, superfluous, useless, healing, supporting, tuning, sugary, cloying, bitter, unprecedented, having, living, different, own, identical, copied, peeped, human, human, humane, peasant, philistine, landlord, bloated, old.
Numeral: one, first.
Pronoun: none, mine, yours, ours, yours, theirs, some, some, none, any, some, those, these, such, one, first, second.
Verbs: breed, begin, describe, finish, demonstrate, hide, hide, restrain, stop, stop, interrupt, encourage, appreciate, despise, vulgarize, observe, neglect, characterize, appear, spoil, infuse, take away, to please, to seek, to find, to tire, to seem.
Anagrams
Who is unfamiliar with an interesting game in which you need to make as many short words as possible from one long word? Here are how many words can be made up of sentiments: santim, stan, son, ace, nast, yew, tent, test, mat, manti.
