Microtoponyms natural origin of the village of Velyki Didushychi (Stryi district, Lviv oblast)

Abstract

The author analyzes the lexical-semantic features of naturogenic microtoponyms of the village of Velyki Didushychi (Stryi District, Lviv Oblast). As a result of the study of 281 microtoponyms, 8 semantic groups of microtoponyms were identified: names denoting different types of elevations, reduced relief, the stems of which characterize the flatness of the area, the shape, color of the microterritory, fauna, and characterize the structure or properties of the soil, formed from water realities and plant names. In each thematic group, the meaning of motivational stems is outlined, and their etymology is clarified. On the basis of calculations, it was found that the most significant share in the analyzed onomasticon of the village is occupied by the terminology for the designation of water realities and microtoponyms, formed on the basis of phytoterminology, which is connected with the natural location of the settlement between two rivers, forest areas and the presence of a large number of small water basins, which became the basis for the creation of 29 and 34 proper names of monolexical, compound and prepositional structure to designate 11 and 13 microobjects, respectively. Within these groups, the largest number of names was recorded from the appellatives kalybania / stav and luh – 6 and 9 nominations. It was found that the propriatives for marking the reduced relief, of which there are 12 units in the mentioned village, are also productive. The thematic groups that are less productive or unproductive in the studied territory are outlined, among which the microtoponyms, the stems of which characterize the flatness of the area, are the least quantitatively represented.