Module 2 Grammatical Suffixes Flashcards
-ia
Suffixes which create a noun: a state of being, a process or act, a syndrome, a symptom, etc.
Suffix usually doesn’t require a specific translation’ though “condition” or “condition characterized by,” typically suffice
Use context to decide on what noun is being created
-y
Suffixes which create a noun: a state of being, a process or act, a syndrome, a symptom, etc.
Suffix usually doesn’t require a specific translation’ though “condition” or “condition characterized by,” typically suffice
Use context to decide on what noun is being created
-ic
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-tic
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-al
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-ical
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-ac
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-ar
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-ary
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-eal
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-ine
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-ile
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
-ous*
Suffixes which create an adjective.
Usually “pertaining to” or “located in”
If the adjective modifies a noun in a phrase, above phrases don’t work.
“characterized by,” “of”
[See -ous in Clinical Suffixes]
-ize (-ise)
Suffix which creates a verb, as in “to (do something).”
“to make X,” “to become X,” “to cause X to occur,” “to subject X to,” ‘to engage in X”
