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Morphology and Word Formation

from Adjectives
-ce dependen-ce
-cy excellen-cy
-dom free-dom
-er six-er
-hood false-hood
-ist social-ist
-ity divin-ity
-ness good-ness
-th warm-th


Derived Verbs


from Nouns
-fy metr-ify
-ize Cambodian-ize


from Adjectives
-en short-en


Derived Adjectives


from Nouns
-al education-al (allomorphs/allographs: -ial, -ual:
presidential, habitual)
-ate passion-ate
-en wood-en
-ese Peking-ese
-esque pictur-esque
-ful doubt-ful
-ic algebra-ic
-less clue-less
-ly friend-ly
-ous venom-ous
-y catt-y


from Verbs
-able unbeliev-able
-less count-less

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