LING150/University of Oregon

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Suffixes

Based on English Vocabulary Elements, Keith Denning and William Leben, Oxford University Press 1995

-al

A

Set 1

-arium

N [place, repository]

Set 2

-ary / -ory

A, N

Set 1

-ate

N, A, V

Set 1

-ence / -ance

N

Set 1

-ent / -ant

A, N

Set 1

-er / -or

N [one who or that which does an action] (this is not listed in textbook)

Set 2

-ia

N [land, state, medical condition]

Set 4

-ic

A, N

Set 1

-ile

A

Set 4

-ine

A

Set 2

-ion

N

Set 1

-ism

N [belief, practice]

Set 2

-ite

A, N

Set 3

-itis

N [inflammation]

Set 4

-ity

N [name of quality]

Set 2

-ive

A, N

Set 1

-ize

V

Set 1

-ment

N

Set 1

-oid

'resembling'

Set 2

-oma

N [tumor, growth]

Set 4

-ous

A

Set 1

-s

N

Set 3

-sc / -esc

'become, change'

Set 2

-sis

N [name of action or its result]

Set 2

-um

N

Set 4

-ure

N

Set 3

-y

N

Set 1

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