Synonymy of general names of clothing in Ukrainian eastern steppe colloquialisms

The article focuses on the peculiarities of lexical synonymy in Eastern steppe dialects based material one lexical-semantic group – common names clothes. source research is factual recorded from dialect speakers different age categories at end 20th and beginning 21st centuries settlements Donetsk region. Lexical doubletness (or absolute synonyms) defined as most type synonymous relations segment vocabulary under analysis. reasons for functioning a significant number synonyms speech have been established. influence Ukrainian formation system newly created eastern analysed main factor doublet-synonymous It found out that occurrence doublets also due to literary language caused by internal dialectal modifications occur dialects. Continuity nominative processes region manifested not only increase result interdialectal contacts or language, but subsequent semantic stylistic differentiation doublet names. This has led active question. Appearance clothes determined variations structure nomen