эвенский язык, словообразование, суффиксация, лексика, профессия, лексико-семантическая группа, сложное слово, деривация., Social Sciences

Purpose. The purpose of this work is to identify the peculiarities of the word formation of the names of professions in the Even language Methodology. The study uses the descriptive method (when working with lexical material) manifested in the explanation of their structure and semantic characteristic of language units, and perspective word-formation analysis. Results. The Even language is known to be one of the endangered languages, like other languages, is in constant change, development and dynamics. One of the main factors is the enrichment of the dictionary by the formation of new words on the material of its own language units. The study of the word-forming aspect of the Even vocabulary provides an opportunity for a more thorough study of its semantics, as each morpheme carries a certain meaning load, thus forming the semantics of the whole word. In the course of the study, certain suffixes are considered that are involved in the word formation of this vocabulary. A number of important features of Even words that denote persons by profession are revealed during the word-formation analysis. Practical implications. The results of the work can be used in the drafting of the word dictionary of the Even language, in the study and teaching of the Even language.