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SUFFIX

This article discusses suffixes in linguistics. For other uses, see Suffix (disambiguation)


In grammar, a suffix — a form of affix — follows the morpheme to which it attaches. It may have a morphemic or a grammatical (inflectional) function.

In the English language, suffixes appear as additions at the end of a word (or at the end of part of a word).

For an example from colloquial (British) English take the word "soonish", where the suffix "ish" modifies the root-word "soon", changing its meaning to "soon, but not all that soon".

See List of English suffixes for suffixes used in English. These frequently have Greek or Latin origins.