sentences:  Diminutive and hypocoristic (endearing) names deriving from the above-mentioned dithematic names are created by using different diminutive suffixes.Such names are very popular in everyday usage, and usually are created by replacing part of the name with the suffix "-ek" (masculine, predominantly West Slavic; e.g.Polish Włodzi"mierz" – Włod"ek"), "-ko" (masculine, predominantly South Slavic and Ukrainian), "-ka" (feminine; also masculine in Russian), or "-a"