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suffixes
7 ese: Portuguese / Sudanese 8 esque: picturesque 9 ette: cigarette / statuette 10 eur: connoisseur 11 ique: antique 12 teen: fourteen
Neutral suffixes
Inflectional
suffixes
[
-s
/
-es
/
-er
/
-est
/
-
ed
/
-ing
]
are
stress-neutral.
So
are
the
following:
comfort
+
-able
anchor
+
-age
refuse
+
-al
(refusal)
intimate
+
-cy
(intimacy)
wise
+
-dom
(wisdom)
wide
+
-en
(widen)
wonder
+
-ful
glory
+
-fy
(glorify)
neighbour
+
-hood
amaze
+
-ing
(amazing)
devil
+
-ish
patron
+
-ise
/
-ize
capital + -ism terror + -ist bird + -like power + -less hurried + -ly punish + -ment nimble + -ness poison + -ous craftsman+ -ship other + -wise fun + -y (funny)
Stress-moving suffixes
These
suffixes
shift
the
stress
to
the
last
syllable
of
the
stem,
ie:
accent
falls
on
syllable
immediately
preceding
the
one
containing
suffix.
advantage + -eous (advantageous) vary + -ety (variety) photo + -graphy proverb + -ial music + -ian []
congratulate + -ion (congratulation) injure + -ious (injurious) tranquil + -ity (tranquillity) reflex + -ive embryo + -logy
climate
+
-ic
(climatic);
exceptions:
Arabic,
politics,
lunatic
Accent
falls
two
syllables
before
syllable
containing
suffix:
-ate: articulate, associate, certificate, discriminate, inseminate, stimulate, subordinate -fy: amplify, liquefy, magnify, satisfy, stratify