This article presents a general definition of adjective diminutives and thoroughly semantically classifies them. In addition, it establishes the relationship between semantic types within the general semantic categories of inanimate and animate (for persons), and highlights the difference in their semantic structure, which is the result of various parameters of the reference concept that the subject subordinates to personal opinion.V razpravi je predstavljena splošna definicija pridevniških manjšalnic, ki so potem izčrpno pomensko klasificirane. Prav tako je vzpostavljen odnos pomenskih tipov v okviru splošnih pomenskih kategorij ‚neživo‘ in ‚živo‘ (za osebe), podčrtana pa je tudi razlika v njihovi pomenski strukturi, kar je rezultat različ...