More Related Content More from Ehatsham Riaz (10) suffixation 4. Definition:
Suffixation is a morphological process
whereby a bound morpheme is attached to
the end of a stem. The kind of affix involved
in this process is called a suffix. It formed
compound words.
•Stem/ Root
The actual word to whom prefixes and
suffixes are attached.
5. List of words:
• -able:
• excitable
• portable
• preventable
• -ade:
• blockade
• cavalcade
• promenade
• -age:
• passage
• pilgrimage
• voyage
•-ty:
•ability
•honesty
•loyalty
•-an (-ian):
•Italian
•urban
•African
•-ance:
• brilliance
• defiance
• annoyance
•-ant:
•applicant
•immigrant
•servant
•-ar :
•molecular
•solar
•beggar
•-ard:
•coward
•sluggard
•wizard
6. • -ation:
• creation
• narration
• emancipation
• -ity:
• quality
• abnormality
• civility
• necessity
• -ive:
• attractive
• expensive
• repulsive
•-ization:
•colonization
•fertilization
•modernization
•-ize:
•antagonize
•authorize
•popularize
•-less:
•fearless
•helpless
•homeless
•-arian:
•disciplinarian
•vegetarian
•librarian
•-ary:
•literary
•military
•budgetary
•-ate:
•affectionate
•desolate
•obstinate
•activate
7. • -let:
• booklet
• droplet
• inlet
• -like:
• childlike
• homelike
• Lifelike
• -loger/logist:
• astrologer
• cardiologist
• chronologer
•-ology:
•psychology
•archaeology
•biology
•-onym:
•synonym
•antonym
•Homonym
•-ular:
•cellular
•circular
•muscular
•-ly:
•badly
•courageously
•happily
•-ment:
•movement
•placement
•shipment
•-ness:
•kindness
•shyness
•weakness
8. • -opsy:
• biopsy
• autopsy
• necropsy
• -or :
• inventor
• legislator
• translator
• -ory:
• armory
• dormitory
• laboratory
•-path:
•homeopath
•naturopath
•psychopath
•-pathy:
•sympathy
•apathy
•neuropathy
•-phile:
•bibliophile
•audiophile
•pyrophile
•-osis:
•diagnosis
•neurosis
•psychosis
•-ostomy/otomy:
•colostomy
•lobotomy
•craniotomy
•-ous:
•hazardous
•humorous
•wondrous
9. • -phobia:
• acrophobia
• claustrophobia
• xenophobia
• -phone:
• homophone
• telephone
• microphone
• -phyte:
• zoophyte
• cryptophyte
• epiphyte
•-scribe/script:
•transcript
•describe
•manuscript
•-sect:
•dissect
•insect
•bisect
•-ship:
•authorship
•citizenship
•friendship
•-plegia:
•paraplegia
•quadriplegia
•hemiplegia
•-plegic:
•paraplegic
•technoplegic
•quadriplegic
•-scopy/scope:
•arthroscopy
•gastroscopy
•microscope
10. • -sion:
• confusion
• depression
• tension
• -some:
• cumbersome
• quarrelsome
• foursome
• -sophy/sophic:
• philosophy
• theosophy
• anthroposophic
•-ward:
•backward
•eastward
•homeward
•-ware:
•hardware
•software
•kitchenware
•-wise:
•clockwise
•lengthwise
•otherwise
•-th:
•depth
•length
•strength
•-tion:
•attention
•caution
•Fascination
•-tome/tom:
•hysterectomy
•epitome
•tonsillotome