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ELA suffixes page 4
suffix | defenition | examples |
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-age | result of an action, collection | manage, drainage, acreage |
-al | of or pertaining to; having the form of | identical, practical, natural |
-cy, -cies | used to form an abstract noun | Inconsistency, inconsistencies, emergency, emergencies |
-ed | past tense | jumped, pressed, pushed |
-ent, -ant | an action, condition or causing a specific action | student, contestant, immigrant, obedient, absorbent, abundant, elegant |
-ful | full of | gourdful, handful, fistful, helpful, careful |
-hood | state, quality, condition of | neighborhood, childhood, brotherhood |
-ic | relating to, characterized by | energetic, historic |
-ice | state or quality of | justice, service, accomplice, apprentice, injustice |
-ify | to make, to form into | fortify, solidify, liquify |
-ity, -ty | state of, quality of | prosperity, equality |
-ish | like, having the characteristics of, inclined or tending to | childish, girlish, impish, freakish, bookish, oldish |
-ist | person who practices or is concerned with | biologist, epidemiologist, florist |
-ive | tending or having to do with | effective, objective, progressive, conservative |
-ize | to make, to cause to become | fertilize, criticize, apologize |
-less | without | tireless, childless, sleepless |
-logy | study of | biology, epidemiology, geology |
-ment | for nouns, showing action or state of being | assessment, refreshment, abridgment, ornament |
-ous, -eous, -ious | full of, characterized by | adventurous, nervous, mysterious, courteous |
-some | characterized by a thing, quality, state, or action | awesome, burdensome, winsome, quarrelsome |
-ward | in the direction of | forward, toward, westward |