SUFFIX (AE)
|
MEANING
|
EXAMPLES
|
SUFFIX (SSS)
|
-abelity
|
ability
to
|
change۔ability
/ climb۔ability |
-abelitē |
| -able |
[adjective] able to
|
change-able / climb-able |
-abel |
| -ably |
[adverb] able to
|
deny-ably / enjoy-ably |
-ablē |
-alike / alikeness
|
similar to root word
|
beetle-alike / child-alikeness
|
-alīk
/ ۔akīknes
|
| -bottom |
lowest location
|
river-bottom |
-botom |
| -bound |
motion in direction of3
|
north-bound / Paris-bound |
-bownd |
| -by |
indicates
modifier of an adjective |
slight-by
small-er town |
-bī |
-clad
|
clothed
|
uniform-clad
/ iron-clad
|
-klad |
| -crest |
crest
|
hill-crest / wave-crest |
-krest |
| -d |
past
tense indicator
|
tell-d
/
live-d / want-d / risk-d
|
-d |
| -dom |
domain
|
dog-dom / serf-dom / king-dom |
-dom |
-eer
/ -eert / -eerm
|
refers
to one
who is acted upon |
fraud۔eer
(a victim of fraud) /
murder۔eert |
-ēr |
| -er |
comparitively more than root adj.
|
happy-er / soon-er / high-er |
-er
|
| -ese |
language
associated with ethnicity or location of root
|
China-ese
/
England-ese |
-ses |
| -eth |
changes
cardinal to
ordinal number |
seven-eth
/ four-eth / 4-eth |
-eθ |
| -est |
superlatively more than root adj.
|
happy-est / soon-est / high-est |
-est |
-et /-ets
|
small size of root noun
|
nation-et / island-et / truck-ets |
-ēt
/ -ēts |
-fellor
/ -orm
/ ort
|
somebody
in
the same group
|
room-fellor
/ school-fellorm
|
-felōr |
| -fest |
gathering
of root word type
|
love-fest
/
music-fest / talk-fest |
-fest |
| -fold |
multiplied by root number
|
four-fold / many-fold / 78-fold |
-fōld
|
| -front |
in front of root noun
|
lake-front / cabinet-front |
-front
|
-ful / -fuls
-fully / -fullness
|
root filled to quantitative capacity
creates adverb / creates noun
|
truck-ful / basket-fuls
pain-fully aware / thank-fulness
|
-ful
/ -fuls
-fulē / -fulnes |
| -high |
root noun height
|
knee-high stool |
-hī
|
| -hood |
state of root noun |
nation-hood / kitten-hood |
-hōod
|
-in
/-ins
-inless (-in + -less)
-inlessly, -ilessby
-inful / - infully / infullness
|
converts
"ing"-ending verb to gerund (a type of noun)
|
sing-in
/ work-in / build-in / say-in
mean-inless (without meaning)
mean-inlessly / mean-inlessby
mean-inful / mean-infullness
|
-in
-inles
-inlessly / -inlesbē
-infulnes |
-inlaw / inlaws
|
inlaw (related by marriage)
|
mother-inlaw / son-inlaws
|
-inlo
|
-ish / -ishly
-ishness
|
resembling (more different than
"-alike")
|
boy-ish / yellow-ish / fool-ishly
fool-ishness
|
-iʃ
/ -iʃalē
-iʃnes |
-ity
/ -itys
|
that
which is root word
|
sincere-ity
/ conform-ity
|
-itē |
-ize
/ -ized / -izing
-izor (iz + or)
-izorm / izort
-izable, izability
-ization |
to
make root-word
a person or thing that makes root word
a female / male who makes root word
able to become root word
the process of becoming root-word |
style-ize
/ analogy-ize
equal-izor
fantasy-izort
crystal-izable, crystal-izability
crystal-ization |
-īz
/ -īzd / -īzing
-īzōr
-īzōrm / --īzōrt
-īzabel, -īzabelitē
-īzōrun |
-ji
|
root
noun endearment suffix
|
swami-ji
|
-jē
|
-lady
/ -ladys
|
lady
|
sales-ladys
|
-lady
|
| -land |
land
|
marsh-land / flat-lands |
-land
|
| -length |
length
|
ankle-length dress / hour-length
lecture
|
-lenθ
|
-less / -lessby /
-lessly / -lessness
|
without
|
hair-less / mercy-less / noise-lessly
need-lessby cautious / self-lessness
|
-les
/ lessbē
-leslē / lesnes |
| -let |
young
(animal)
|
pig-let
/ giraffe-let
|
-let |
-load / -loads
|
root word load
|
truck-load / wagon-loads |
-lōd
|
| -long |
quantitative length |
two-meters-long cart / long wait
|
-long
|
| -ly |
converts root-word to adverb |
slow-ly / grim-ly / guilt-ly |
-lē
|
| -man |
man
|
boat-man / snow-mans |
-man
|
-ment
/ -ments
|
converts
verb to noun, resulting in an action or result of an action
|
excite-ment
/ develop-ments
|
-ment
/ ments
|
| -ness |
converts root word to noun to form a
state or condition
|
sturdy-ness / drab-ness |
-nes
|
-or
/ -ors
-orm / -orms / -ort / -orts
-orles
|
one
who or that which + root-word
|
farm-or
(who who farms) /
compute-or / sing-orms
drive-orless car |
-ōr
/ -ōrs
-ōrm / -ōrt
-ōrles |
-plus
|
plus
|
twenty-plus
(somewhat more than 20)
|
-plus |
| -proof |
impervious to root-word
|
bullet-proof / rust-proof
|
-prūf
|
| -rear |
rear
|
house-rear / car-rear |
-rēr
|
-s
|
converts
noun from singular to plural
(Preceded by hyphenette in Peoplese SSS only.)
|
cars
(Peoplese AE) / kar-s (SSS)
|
-s
|
| -shape |
shape of root word
|
egg-shape
|
-ʃāp
|
| -side |
side of root noun
|
river-side |
-sīd
|
| -siteplace |
site of root noun
|
picnic-siteplace |
-sītplās
|
| -size |
size of root noun
|
head-size ball, dress-size
|
-sīz
|
| -span |
root word span
|
wing-span / time-span |
-span
|
| -style |
root word style
|
1920s-style hairs-style |
-stīl
|
| -t |
indicates
passive verb or adjective. (Passive expresses that something is
acted upon. The verb form "to be" indicates when the passive
action occurred.) |
The
book wuz write۔t by he. (The book didn't act; it was acted upon.)
Please clean the spill۔t milk. |
-t |
| -tall |
tall |
giraffe-tall tree |
-tal
|
| -term |
term (period of time)
|
long-term / school term
|
-term
|
-time / -times
|
time period for something
|
dinner-time / meal-times /
summer-time |
-tīm |
| -top |
top
|
desk-top / hill-top |
-top
|
-un
/ -uns
-unly (un + lē)
-unless (un +
less)
|
converts
a noun ending in "tion" to a noun (SSS only)
converts noun ending in "tion" to adverb (SSS only)
converts noun ending in "tion" to adjective (SSS only)
|
English
& AE donation -> SSS dōnāt-un
translate-un / except-unly
obstruct-unles
|
-un
/ uns
-unē
-unles |
| -ward |
in the direction of |
north-ward / Mars-ward / rear-ward |
-ward
|
-wear
|
clothes
(what people wear)
|
rain-wear
/ ski-wear / formal-wear
|
-wāer |
| -wide |
root noun wide
|
continent-wide nation |
-wīd
|
| -woman |
root word woman
|
police-woman
|
-woman
|
-y
-yer (y + er) / -yest
-yly
-yness (y + ness) |
converts root noun to adjective
converts root noun to comparitive adjective
converts adjective to a adnoun
converts root to a noun expressing a state or condition |
thirst-y / prince-y / brother-y /
/
wealth-yer / thrift-yest
thrift-ly
thrift-yness |
-ē
-ēer / -ēest
-ēlē
-ēnes |