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Suffixes are morphemes (specific groups of letters with particular semantic meaning) that are added onto the end of root words to change their meaning. Suffixes are one of the two predominant kinds of affixes—the other kind is prefixes, which come at the beginning of a root word.

There is a huge range of suffixes in English, which can be broadly categorized as either inflectional or derivational.

suf·fix

(sŭf′ĭks)

An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in gentleness, -ing in walking, or -s in sits.

tr.v. suf·fixed, suf·fix·ing, suf·fix·es

To add as a suffix.

[New Latin suffīxum, from Latin, neuter of suffīxus, past participle of suffīgere, to fasten underneath, affix : sub-, sub- + fīgere, to fix, fasten; see dhīg^w- in Indo-European roots.]

suf′fix·al adj.

suf′fix·al·ly adv.

suf′fix·a′tion (sŭf′ĭk-sā′shən), suf·fix′ion (sə-fĭk′shən) n.

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suffix

1. (Grammar) grammar an affix that follows the stem to which it is attached, as for example -s and -ness in dogs and softness. Compare prefix¹

2. anything that is added at the end of something else

3. (Grammar) (tr) grammar to add (a morpheme) as a suffix to the end of a word

4. (tr) to add (something) at the end of a sentence, comment, or piece of writing

[C18: from New Latin suffixum, from Latin suffixus fastened below, from suffīgere, from sub- + fīgere to fasten]

suffixal adj

suffixion n

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suf•fix

(n. ˈsʌf ɪks; v. ˈsʌf ɪks, səˈfɪks)

n.

1. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.

2. something added to the end of something else.

v.t.

3. to add as a suffix.

4. to affix at the end of something.

[1595–1605; < New Latin suffīxum, n. use of neuter of Latin suffīxus, past participle of suffīgere to attach on top of =suf- suf- + fīgere to attach (see fix)]

suf•fix•al (ˈsʌf ɪk səl, səˈfɪk-) adj.

suf`fix•a′tion (səˈfɪk ʃən) n.

suffix

Past participle: suffixed
Gerund: suffixing

Imperative
suffix
suffix

Present
I suffix
you suffix
he/she/it suffixes
we suffix
you suffix
they suffix

Preterite
I suffixed
you suffixed
he/she/it suffixed
we suffixed
you suffixed
they suffixed

Present Continuous
I am suffixing
you are suffixing
he/she/it is suffixing
we are suffixing
you are suffixing
they are suffixing

Present Perfect
I have suffixed
you have suffixed
he/she/it has suffixed
we have suffixed
you have suffixed
they have suffixed

Past Continuous
I was suffixing
you were suffixing
he/she/it was suffixing
we were suffixing
you were suffixing
they were suffixing

Past Perfect
I had suffixed
you had suffixed
he/she/it had suffixed
we had suffixed
you had suffixed
they had suffixed

Future
I will suffix
you will suffix
he/she/it will suffix
we will suffix
you will suffix
they will suffix

Future Perfect
I will have suffixed
you will have suffixed
he/she/it will have suffixed
we will have suffixed
you will have suffixed
they will have suffixed

Future Continuous
I will be suffixing
you will be suffixing
he/she/it will be suffixing
we will be suffixing
you will be suffixing
they will be suffixing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been suffixing
you have been suffixing
he/she/it has been suffixing
we have been suffixing
you have been suffixing
they have been suffixing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been suffixing
you will have been suffixing
he/she/it will have been suffixing
we will have been suffixing
you will have been suffixing
they will have been suffixing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been suffixing
you had been suffixing
he/she/it had been suffixing
we had been suffixing
you had been suffixing
they had been suffixing

Conditional
I would suffix
you would suffix
he/she/it would suffix
we would suffix
you would suffix
they would suffix

Past Conditional
I would have suffixed
you would have suffixed
he/she/it would have suffixed
we would have suffixed
you would have suffixed
they would have suffixed

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suffix

A word or word part that is added to the end of another word, such as “-ness” in “dampness.”

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Noun	1.	suffix - an affix that is added at the end of the word postfix affix - a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form ending, termination - the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending"
Verb	1.	suffix - attach a suffix to; "suffix words" affix - attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem" prefix - attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"

Translations

لاحِقَه في نِهايَة الكَلِمَه

přípona

endelse

sufikso

päätesuffiksi

dometaksufiks

képzõragtoldalék

skeyta viðviðskeytiviîskeyti

suffisso aggiunta

priesaga

piedēklis

aanhangsel achtervoegsel suffix

suffiks endingsuffigere

przyrostek

sufixo

sufix

суффикс

prípona

pripona

son ek

后缀

suffix

[ˈsʌfɪks]

A. N → sufijo m

B. VT → añadir como sufijo (to a)

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suffix

[ˈsʌfɪks] n → suffixe m

suffix

n (Ling) → Suffix nt, → Nachsilbe f; (in code etc) → Zusatz m

vt → anfügen, anhängen (→ to an +acc)

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suffix

[ˈsʌfɪks] n → suffisso

suffix

(ˈsafiks) noun

a small part added to the end of a word that changes the meaning. goodness; quickly; advisable; misty; yellowish.

suffix

n. gr. sufijo.

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Aymara is an agglutinative suffix-only language with a rich morphology, he says, and like other varieties, Muylaq' Aymara has four types of suffixes: nominal, verbal, transpositional, and suffixes not subcategorized for lexical category.

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Bradley (1979), for example, saw in his investigation that the frequency of the stem affected the reaction time for suffixed words in a positive way when the spelling and/or pronunciation of the stem involved few changes (as is the case when suffixes like-er, -ness and-ment are added).

Advanced students' L1 (Swedish) and L2 (English) mastery of suffixation

Like other Semitic and Afro-Asiatic languages, Jibbali has external plural which attaches suffixes to singular forms.

Surveying Patterns of Noun Plural in Jibbali

The agglutinative suffixes are what can really get English-speaking foreigners down.

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The system of Mordvin derivational suffixes is similar to those of the other Finno-Ugric languages: deverbal and denominal verb and noun suffixes are the traditional categories within it.

The -m(V) nominal derivational suffixes in Erzya-Mordvin

Meanwhile, the City Civil Registrar also reminded the public, especially parents and teachers, about the proper way of writing names with suffixes based on the Civil Code.

Makati to issue birth, marriage, death certificates for free on Thursday

This year will, most likely, see the biggest expansion of domain name suffixes since the dawn of the internet.

Paul Edels, solicitor, Morecrofts' Commercial Team; Advertising Feature Intellectual Property Rights

This paper takes issue with the lexicon of Old English and, more specifically, with the existence of closing suffixes in word-formation.