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An affix that is added at the end of the word
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In linguistics , a suffix (also sometimes termed postfix or ending ) is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1778, from Modern Latin suffixum , noun use of neuter of Latin suffixus "fastened," past participle of suffigere "fasten, fix on, fasten below," from sub "upon" (see sub- ) + figere "fasten" (see fix (v.)). Related: Suffixal .
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. an affix that is added at the end of the word [syn: postfix ]
Usage examples of suffix.
He tried to look like a real professor, bustling along in strict devotion to paragraphing and suffixes, but he could not help peering hungrily at the yellow wooden Ionic of Lambda House.
SUFFIXES All nouns, wheter Simple, Compound or Complex, may be followed by one or more SUFFIXES.
Finally, there are certain nouns that are already plural in nature, and therefore never require a suffix.
As with Klingon nouns, Klingonaase verbs may take suffixes falling into a number of types based on their relative positions following the verb.
Thus, if verb suffix classes are denoted by numbers in the same fashion as for nouns, the structure of a Klingon verb is as follows: PREFIX-VERB-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 Each Klingon verb begins with a single prefix that indicates who or what is performing the action described by the verb, and, when applicable, who or what is the recipient of that action.
This is the suffix that turns verbs into nouns, as described in PART 4: NOUNS.
Alastair, a Craig, a Timothy, and a Graham, three with hyphenated surnames, the fourth with a III suffix.
When a nominative immediately follows the verb, the pronominal suffix is generally dropped, unless required by euphony.
PRONOUNS In addition to the possessive noun suffixes and the pronominal suffixes for verbs, there are nine pronouns which are individual words.
Placement of subjects and objects seemed to depend upon poetic requirements of scansion and meter, with suffixes to differentiate among the cases.
Carialle said, monitoring as the IT program recorded the correct uses of the verb, and postulated forms and suffixes for other verbs in its file, shuffling the onomatopoeic transliterations down like cards.
Once he had swallowed a good portion of the English vocabulary, he began to taste the familiar ingredients, the Greek seasoning in the roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
Alastair, a Craig, a Timothy, and a Graham, three with hyphenated surnames, the fourth with a III suffix.
The assumption that the ending -va appears in the variant form -wa after consonants is supported by this fact: The suffix -va is in origin a mere adjectival ending, found in some common adjectives as well, and in such cases it is seen to appear as -wa following a consonant e.
He created the word bionics as a combination of the Greek bios, meaning life, and the suffix ics, meaning after the manner of, or resembling.