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5                                Suffixes














                       A suffix is a letter or a group of letters that are added at the end of a word to
                      change its meaning.



              Here is a list of suffixes with their meaning and examples.


                          -able                     -age                       -al                      -an

                    capable of being           action, process             relating to             belonging to
                      comfortable,              pilgrimage            bacterial, comical          Indian, urban

                        portable

                          -ance                      -er                      -ful                     -ern

                    quality of being         a person who does               full of                 quality of

                  brilliance, reliance           something            beautiful, grateful      western, southern
                                              driver, teacher

                           -ess                      -ic                     -ible                      -ily

                         female                    having            forming an adjective        in what manner
                    hostess, lioness          characteristics of     reversible, terrible        eerily, funnily,
                                               comic, poetic                                           lazily


                           -ity                     -ing                      -ism                      -ist
                         state of            denoting an action         state or quality       a person who does an

                        activity             acting, showing                heroism                    action

                                                                                                  artist, pianist

                           -ive                     -less                      -ly                     -ness

                        quality of              without, not            in what manner             state of being
                       attractive,               affected by           clearly, happily        kindness, weakness
                       expensive            friendless, tireless







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