Word -Formation 3

In my earlier blogs, we had discussed about basic word formation i.e. word types and prefixes. Now, we shall have a look on prefixes. The classification of prefixes generally happens on grammatical category from the base word (word to which suffix will attach)belong. Suffixes are classified as follows:

Noun Suffixes: When we attach these types of suffixes to the base then it produces nouns. In simple word you can say that these are noun making suffixes.

E.g. –hood (childhood), -dom(kingdom), -age(baggage), -ship(friendship).

Adjective Suffixes: These suffixes form adjective when they attach to the base.

E.g. –ful(beautiful), -ish (childish), -less( painless ).

Noun- Adjective suffixes: When these suffixes attach to base then they produce either nouns or adjectives.

E.g. –ese, -ian, -ist (chinese as adjective), ( violinist as noun)

Verb Suffixes: Suffixes that produce verbs.

E.g. –fy(beautify), -ize(terrorize), -en (shorten ).

Adverb Suffixes: When these suffixes attach to the base then they produce adverb.

E.g. – ward ( upward ) , – wise (clockwise) , -ly ( cleanly)

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5 Responses to “Word -Formation 3”

1. Nethra on August 17th, 2010 8:54 pm

   but iam confused soemtimes the word is a noun.adjective or verb??.. for ex apprehension: coz “ION” form its noun which means= fear
   apprehensive : “IVE” SO ADJECTIVE ,meaning= quick

   like this… its cumbersome to remember the suffixes whether its noun or adj:((..

   where actually these are required ,in sentence compeltion? or antonyms??..
   im confused!

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