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List of Prefixes and Suffixes according to Quirk et al. (1539--58)
Prefixation
Negative prefixes
ˌA-, AN- "lacking in", "lack of"
DIS- "not", "the converse of"
IN- "not", "the converse of"
ˌNON- "not"
UN- "not", "the converse of"
Reversative or privative prefixes
DE- "reversing the action"; "depriving of"
DIS- "reversing the action"; "lacking"
UN- "reversing the action"; "depriving of"
A- converts verbs to predicative adjectives
BE- converts nouns to adjectives; intensifies the force of verbs; converts nouns to transitive verbs
EN-, EM- converts nouns to verbs
Suffixation
Denominal nouns: Abstract
-AGE "measure of", "collection of"
-DOM conveys pejorative overtones
-ERY, -RY "the condition or behaviour associated with"; "location of"; forms noncount concrete aggregate nouns
-FUL "the amount contained in"
-HOOD as in boyhood, brotherhood', widowhood''
-ING forms noncount concrete aggregate nouns; activity connected with
-ISM "doctrine of", "practice of"
-ˈOCRACY "government by"
-SHIP as in friendship, membership, dictatorship, professorship
-ANT forms agential nouns
-ˈEE "one who is object of the verb"
-ER, -OR forms agential nouns
Deverbal nouns: Abstract
-AGE "action of", "instance of"
-AL "the action or result of"
-ˈATION "the process or state of"; "the product of", "the institution produced by"
-ING forms concrete count nouns
-MENT "the result of"
De-adjectival nouns
-ITY especially associated with adjectives of neo-classical or French origin
-NESS fairly freely added to any type of adjective
Noun/adjective suffixes
-ˈESE "member of"; "(in) the language of", "the style of"
-(I)AN "adherent to"; "relating to"; "citizen of"; "(in) the language of"
-IST "skilled in", "practising"
-ITE "adherent to", "member of (set)"; "denizen of"
Denominal adjectives: Native origin
-ED "having"
-FUL "full of", "providing"
-ISH "somewhat like"; with names of races", "peoples", "and languages
-LESS "without"
-LIKE "like"
-LY "having the qualities of"; with nouns that are units of time
-Y "somewhat like", "characterized by"
Denominal adjectives: Foreign origin
-AL, -IAL, -ICAL as in accidental, dialectal; editorial, professorial; psychological, philosophical
-ˈESQUE prominently associated with artistic individuality
-IC as in atomic, heroic, oceanic, specific; problematic, phonematic; Celtic, Arabic
-OUS, -IOUS as in desirous, virtuous, grievous, ambitious, vivacious; courteous, erroneous
Deverbal suffixes
-ABLE "of the kind that is subject to being V-ed"
-IVE as in attractive, effective', possessive''
Adverb suffixes
-LY very generally added to an adjective
-WARD(S) forms nongradable directional adverbs
-WISE forms nongradable adverbs from nouns
Verb suffixes
ˌ-ATE as in orchestrate, hyphenate
-EN converts adjectives to verbs
-IFY, -FY converts adjectives and nouns
-IZE (-ISE) converts adjectives and nouns