Suffix: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 01:53, 29 February 2024

Suffix is a word part added to the end of a word to indicate its part of speech

suffixes are "morphemes" (the smallest constituent part of a word)
most words that are changed by a suffix start as a verb or a noun, but are frequently the same as an adjective
note that verb conjugations may also "inflect" with a different ending
- ex. verb "to address"
  - present participle "addressing"
  - past participle "addressed"
- -ing and -ed are not suffixes


Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb
address ("to address")	address (an address) addressee	n/a	n/a
object("to object")	object("an object") objection objective	objectifiable objectionable	objectively
perfect ("to perfect")	perfecter perfectibility perfection perfectionist	perfect perfectible perfective	perfectly


Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb
-ate, -en, -fy, -ify, ise, -ize	-al, -ance, -ant, -ard, -dom, -er, -ess, -hood, -ics, -ism, -ion, -ite, -ive, -kind, -like, -logy, -lore, -ment, -ness, -old, -ology -or, -ship, -sion, -tion -um	-able, -al, -ance, -ant, -ence -ed, -esque, -er, -ful, -ible, -ic, -ile, -ish, -ist, -ive, -less, -old, -ous, -y	-est, -ly, -ward, -wise irregular example: fast instead of fastly

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 |-
 |'''''-ate, -en, -fy, -ify, ise, -ize'''''
-|'''''-al,  -ance, -ant, -dom, -er, -ess, -hood, -ics,'''''
+|'''''-al,  -ance, -ant, -ard, -dom, -er, -ess, -hood, -ics,'''''
 '''''-ism,  -ion, -ite, -ive,'''''
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 '''''-lore,  -ment, -ness, -old, -ology -or, -ship,'''''
-'''''-sion,  -tion'''''
+'''''-sion,  -tion -um'''''
 |'''''-able, -al, -ance, -ant,'''''
 '''''-ence -ed, -esque, -er, -ful, -ible,'''''
-'''''-ic, -ish, -ist, -ive, -less, -old, -ous, -y'''''
+'''''-ic, -ile, -ish, -ist, -ive, -less, -old, -ous, -y'''''
 |'''''-est, -ly, -ward,'''''
 '''''-wise'''''
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 ''fast'' instead of ''fastly''
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