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English Derivational Suffixes

English Derivational Suffixes

1Verb

A.    Verb Becomes Noun

No	Suffix	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-ade	result of [V]	block	blockade
2	-age	action or result of [V]	break	breakage
3	-aholic/oholic	person who unable to stop [V]	work	workaholic
4	-al	act of [V]	approve	approval
5	-ance	action, state of [V]	allow	allowance
6	-ant	agent, quality of, one who[V]	serve	servant
7	-ar	one who [V]	lie	liar
8	-ation	process or result of [V]	hesitate	hesitation
9	-ee	someone to be [V]	employ	employee
10	-ence	action, state of [V]		difference
11	-er	someone/something that does [V]	teach	teacher
12	-ery	act of [V] place where [V] is done	cook bake	cookery bakery
13	-ing	act of [V]	shoot	shooting
14	-ion	result or act of [V]	protect	protection
15	-ment	action, process or result of [V]	develop	development
16	-or	one who	act	actor
17	-ure	result of [V]	fail	failure
18	-acy	result of [V]	conspire	conspiracy
19	-e	person who does [V]	retire	retiree
20	-ence	becoming or process of [V]	coalesce	coalescence
21	-ory	place where [V] is done	observe	observatory

B.     Verb Becomes Adjective

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-able	able to be [V]	avoid	avoidable
2	-ing	make someone feels [V]	shock	shocking
3	-ive	have particular quality of [V]	attract	attractive
4	-ful	full of	help	helpful
5	-ant	having quality of [V]	signify	significant
6	-ent	having the quality of [V]	differ	different
7	-fic	making, doing [V]	horrify	horrific
8	-ive	having tendency, quality of [V]	act	active
9	-ed	having characteristic of [V]	retire	retired
10	-some	like or having quality of [V]	tire	tiresome
11	-y	state or having quality of [V]	ease	easy
12	-less	unable to be [V]	count	countless
13	-proof	able to protect against [N]	fire	fireproof
14	-an	resemble or belong to [N]	reptil	reptilian

C.     Verb Becomes Adverb

     

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-ance	do something without [V]	ask	askance

 Noun

A.    Noun Becomes Verb

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-ance	make [V]	liquid	liquidate
2	-ize	cause to be, make like, change into [N]	drama	dramatize
3	-fy	make [N]	beauty	beautify

B.     Noun Becomes Adjective

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-al	related to[N]	magic	magical
2	-ary	related to [N]	planet	planetary
3	-ate	showing or having[N]	passion	passionate
4	-ed	having characteristic of [N]	talent	talented
5	-en	made of [N]	wood	wooden
6	-an	from, belonging, related to [N]	Mexico	Mexican
7	-ese	person or language of [N]	Japan	Japanese
8	-esque	in the manner, style of [N]	statue	statuesque
9	-ful	full of [N]	peace	peaceful
10	-ial	characteristic of [N]	dictator	dictatorial
11	-ic	nature of, like, connecting to [N]	poet	poetic
12	-ish	resembling, in the manner of	child	childish
13	-less	without [N]	tree	treeless
14	-like	resembling, in the manner of [N]	lady	ladylike
15	-ly	having qualities of [N]	coward	cowardly
16	-ous	having the qualities of [N]	poison	poisonous
17	-worthy	deserving [N]	news	newsworthy
18	-y	like or filled with[N]	dust	dusty
19	-ern	related to [N]	west	western
20	-free	without [N]	care	carefree
21	-oid	resembling [N]	human	humanoid

C.     Noun Becomes Another Noun

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-ary	place where [N]	diction	dictionary
2	-ate	associated with [N]	elector	electorate
3	-cide	killing[N]	insect	insecticide
4	-dom	place for [N]	king	kingdom
5	-ee	very small [N]	boot	bootee
6	-eer	person concerned with [N]	mountain	mountaineer
7	-ery	state, quality of [N]	rival	rivalry
8	-ese	style of [N]	journal	journalese
9	-ette	imitation of [N]	leather	leatherette
10	-hood	status, rank , state of being [N]	girl	girlhood
11	-ian	specialist in [N]	optic	optician
12	-ism	doctrine, principle or movement related to [N]	Buddha	Buddhism
13	-ist	follower of [N ~ism]	industrial	industrialist
14	-let	diminutive of [N]	book	booklet
15	-scape	a stretch of [N]	moon	moonscape
16	-ship	state of being [N]	friend	friendship
17	-ster	connected with [N]	gang	gangster
18	-ess	female [N]	poet	poetess
19	-ful	amount or quantity that fill [N]	hand	handful
20	-ics	science or specific activity related to [N]	economy	economics
21	-itis	inflammation of [N]	tonsil	tonsillitis
22	-tude	state of being	cert	certitude
23	-ling	diminutive of [N]	duck	duckling

D.    Noun Becomes Adverb

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-wise	in the manner or direction of [N]	clock	clockwise
2	-ly	every [N]	day	dayly
3	-ward	in direction of [N]	home	homeward
4	-fully	in the way that show quality of [N]	tear	tearfully
5	-ways	in direction of something related to [N]	length	lengthways

3Adjective

A. Adjective Becomes Noun

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-cy	condition [Adj]	supreme	supremacy
2	-ity	result, state of [Adj]	stupid	stupidity
3	-ness	state of [Adj]	dry	dryness
4	-ster	with the qualities of [Adj]	young	youngster
5	-th	state, condition, quality of being [Adj]	true	truth
6	-bie	having quality of [Adj]	free	freebie
7	-ity	state or quality of being [Adj]	lucid	lucidity
8	-y	state of [Adj]	jealous	jealousy
9	-ce	state of [Adj]	dependent	dependence
10	-hood	status or condition related to [Adj]	false	falsehood
11	-dom	condition related to [Adj]	free	freedom

B.  Adjective Becomes Verb

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-en	cause to be [Adj]	black	blacken
2	-fy	make into, cause to be [Adj]	pure	purify
3	-ize	producing state particular state related to [Adj]	ideal	idealize

C.  Adjective Becomes Adverb

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-ly	in the manner of [Adj]	happy	happily
2	-wise	in the manner of[Adj]	discipline	disciplinewise

4 Adverb

A. Adverb Becomes  Adjective

No	Suffixes	Meaning	Base	Example
1	-ward	in the direction of [Adv]	back	backward

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