Lexic.us

Definition of Suffix

1. Noun. An affix that is added at the end of the word.

Definition of Suffix

1. n. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.

2. v. t. To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.

Definition of Suffix

1. Noun. One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning, such as ''able'', which changes ''sing'' into ''singable'', for example. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to append (something) to the end of something else ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suffix

1. to add as a suffix (a form affixed to the end of a root word) [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffix

Literary usage of Suffix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"Artig is now perhaps often felt here as a suffix, but the real suffix is -ig, ... This suffix is closely related to the diminutive endings -chen and -lein. ..."

2. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1894)
"In Latin, in addition to -tuti- (-tut-), which is much less in use than -tuti- (-tat-), we find a form augmented by an N-suffix, -f.-udo, Gen. ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Besides these, we must notice the comparative suffix -yans, occurring in ... If we wish to understand a suffix, we must employ comparative philology, ..."

4. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"Meanings are those of attributive nouns without suffix (III.18.1), ... The special oblique stem of some nouns is formed with a suffix -t- (III.3) and such ..."

5. A Structural and Lexical Comparison of the Tunica, Chitimacha, and Atakapa by John Reed Swanton (1919)
"-ka, negative suffix and stem. a, imperative of second person. ... -n, -in, passive suffix used in subordinating one verb to another. -t, -ti, future; ti, ..."

Other Resources: