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Common suffixes: nouns to adjectives
- 1. Common suffixes: nounsto adjectives NOUN – NOUN – NOUN – NOUN – NOUN – SUFFIX ADJ. ADJ. ADJ. ADJ. ADJ. -AL accident – brute – region – universe – person – relating toaccidental brutal regional universal personal -ARY relating to custom – moment – caution – honor – diet – quality or customary momentary cautionary honorary dietary place -FUL beauty – wonder – skill – success – awe – awful full of beautiful wonderful skillful successful -IC having the athlete – base – history – photograph – science – nature of; athletic basic historic photographic scientific caused by -ICAL magic – logic – history – practice – statistic – having the magical logical historical practical statistical nature of
- 2. Common suffixes: nounsto adjectives NOUN – NOUN – NOUN – NOUN – NOUN – SUFFIX ADJ. ADJ. ADJ. ADJ. ADJ. -ISH fool – child – self – sheep – pink – origin, foolish childish selfish sheepish pinkish nature -LESS power – friend – worth – use – home – Without powerless friendless worthless useless homeless -LIKE lady – war – child – bird – like – lifelike like ladylike warlike childlike birdlike -LY friend – cost – month – order – day – daily like friendly costly monthly orderly -OUS poison – danger – nerve – mystery – victory – quality, poisonous dangerous nervous mysterious victorious nature -Y mess – dirt – dirty rain – rainy fun – funny dirt – dirty like messy