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Suffixes in English Grammar:
A SUFFIX is a syllable added to the root word at its end to form a new word.
Example- childhood, manly, childish, etc.
A suffix changes the root word into Noun, Adjective, Adverb or Verb; as,
- Childhood– Noun.
- Manly– Adverb.
- Beautify– Verb.
- Childish– Adjective.
Suffixes Changing Root Words into Adjectives:
| …..ish (somewhat) | Childish, boyish, girlish, womanish, foolish, reddish, selfish. |
| …..some (with quality of) | Handsome, quarrelsome, wholesome. |
| …..like (of the kind) | Childlike, womanlike. |
| …..less (without) | Hopeless, careless, fearless, worthless. |
| …..ful (fully of) | Careful, hopeful, beautiful, fearful. |
| …..ic (of the quality) | Angelic, scientific, heroic, historic. |
| …..ly (like) | Weekly, yearly, godly, manly, kingly. |
| …..y (with the quality of) | Cloudy, windy, airy, misty. |
| …..en (like) | Earthen, wooden, golden, woollen. |
| …..ed (having the quality) | Talented, fatigued. |
| …..ate | Fortunate, temperate, obstinate. |
| …..ar | Regular, similar, familiar. |
| …..ary | Contrary, ordinary, customary, honorary. |
| …..an or ne | Human, humane. |
| …..al | Formal, regal, national, fatal. |
| …..ble, ible, able | Feeble, visible, sensible, intelligible, tolerable. |
| …..esque | Picturesque, grotesque. |
| …..ose or ous | Verbose, dangerous, copious. |
| …..id | Lucid, vivid, timid. |
| …..ive | Active, passive, sportive, captive. |
| …..ile | Fragile, juvenile, servile. |
| …..ine | Divine, Feminine, canine. |
Suffixes Changing Root Words into Nouns:
| …..meant | Arrangement, management, amazement. |
| …..age | Drainage, breakage, leakage. |
| …..al | Dismissal, usual, proposal, trial. |
| …..tion, ation | Oration, examination, exploration. |
| ……ant, ent | Inhabitant, disinfectant, student. |
| …..ing | Building, cutting, driving, saving. |
| …..er, or, ar, yer | Gardener, officer, painter, emperor, error, scholar, beggar, lawyer. |
Suffixes Changing a Noun into another Noun:
| …..dom | Kingdom. |
| …..hood | Boyhood, childhood, manhood, neighbourhood. |
| …..ship | Kingship, kinship, friendship, scholarship. |
| …..ess | Tigress, negress, princess, lioness. |
| …..ist | Copyist, artist, palmist. |
| …..let | Leaflet, booklet, rivulet, streamlet. |
| …..ism, asm | Despotism, patriotism, enthusiasm. |
| …..er, eer | Younger, older, teenager, cricketer, mountaineer. |
Suffixes Changing Adjectives into Nouns:
| …..ness | Carelessness, uselessness, laziness, darkness, happiness, sadness, sweetness. |
| …..ity, ty | Sanity, reality, cruelty. |
Suffixes Changing Root Words into Verbs:
| …..en | Lengthen, broaden, heighten, weaken, strengthen, embolden, deaden. |
| …..ify | Glorify, beautify. |
| …..er | Glitter, glimmer, flutter. |
Suffixes Forming Adverbs:
| …..ly | Actively, boldly, greatly, slowly, wisely. |
| …..long | Sidelong, headlong. |
| …..wise | Classwise, sizewise, otherwise, likewise. |
| …..ward, wards | Backward, forward, downwards, upwards. |
| …..way, ways | Anyway, straightway, always. |
Suffixes Forming Diminutives:
| …..en | Kitten, chicken, maiden. |
| …..el, le | Damsel, handle. |
| …..ette | Cigarette, kitchenette. |
| …..ie | Burdie, laddie, lassie. |
| …..kin | Lambkin, napkin. |
| …..let | Booklet, leaflet, rivulet. |
| …..ling | Darling, duckling, weakling. |
| ….ock | Bullock, hillock. |
Suffixes Showing Places:
| …..ary | Library, dispensary. |
| …..er, re | Cloister, theatre. |
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