Suffixes in English Grammar

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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,

…..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.

…..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.

…..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.

…..ness	Carelessness, uselessness, laziness, darkness, happiness, sadness, sweetness.
…..ity, ty	Sanity, reality, cruelty.

…..en	Lengthen, broaden, heighten, weaken, strengthen, embolden, deaden.
…..ify	Glorify, beautify.
…..er	Glitter, glimmer, flutter.

…..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.

…..ary	Library, dispensary.
…..er, re	Cloister, theatre.

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