A large number of nouns can be formed by adding particular suffixes to either verbs or adjectives.
V + Suffix (-ion, -tion, ition, -ation,-sion, -xion, -ment, -ing, -er, -or) → Noun
Examples:
administrate → administration
deduce → deduction
interpret →interpretation
→ition
decide → decision
connect → connexion (or connection)
achieve → achievement
come → coming
speak → speaker
act →actor
Adjective + Suffix (-ity, -ety, -ty, -ness) → Noun
Examples:
sensitive → sensitivity
proper → propriety
honest → honesty
helpful → helpfulness
Noun+ Suffix (-er, -ist) → Noun
Examples:
astronomy → astronomer
cartoon → cartoonist
science → scientist
A large number of nouns can be formed by adding particular suffixes to either verbs or adjectives.
V + Suffix (-ion, -tion, ition, -ation,-sion, -xion, -ment, -ing, -er, -or) → Noun
Examples:
administrate → administration
deduce → deduction
interpret →interpretation
→ition
decide → decision
connect → connexion (or connection)
achieve → achievement
come → coming
speak → speaker
act →actor
Adjective + Suffix (-ity, -ety, -ty, -ness) → Noun
Examples:
sensitive → sensitivity
proper → propriety
honest → honesty
helpful → helpfulness
Noun+ Suffix (-er, -ist) → Noun
Examples:
astronomy → astronomer
cartoon → cartoonist
science → scientist
arbitrate
arrange
assess
attack
attend
bake
begin
argue
attach
innovate
call
campaign
camp
capture
counsel
counterfeit
create
challenge
-or/-ion/-ing
-er/-ment/-ing
-or/-ment/-ing
-er/-ing
-er/-ance/-ing
-er/-ing
-er/-ing
-ment/-ing
-ment/-ing
-or/-ion/-ing
-er/-ing
-er/-ing
-er/-ing
-or/-ing
-or/-ing
-er/-ing
-or/-ion/-ing
-er/-ing
arbitrator/arbitration/arbitrating
arranger/arrangement/arranging
assessor/assessment/assessing
attacker/ attacking
attender/attendance /attending
baker/baking
beginner/beginning
argument/arguing
attachment/attaching
innovator/innovation/innovating
caller/calling
campaigner/campaigning
camper/camping
captor/capturing
counselor/conselling
counterfeiter/counterfeiting
creator/creation/creating
challenger/challenging
2.
evade
express
collect
imitate
interpret
contaminate
reduce
educate
converse
select
attract
innovate
construct
evasion
expression
collection
imitation
interpretation contamination
reduction
education
conversation
selection
attraction
innovation
construction
3.
adjective
suffix
noun
Infirm
sad
uniform
real
jealous
human
popular
electric
complex
fertile
feminine
happy
severe
passive
anxious
curious
Infirmity
sadness
uniformity
reality
jealousy
humanity
popularity
electricity
complexity
fertility
femininity
happiness
severity
passivity
anxiety
curiosity
4.
adjective
suffix
noun
flexible
profitable
necessary
hospitable
stupid
moral
legal
responsible
probable
safe
personal
physical
able
flexibility
profitability
necessity
hospitability
stupidity
morality
legality
responsibility
probability
safety
personality
physicality
ability
B.Suffixes and Adjectives
Adjectives can be formed with the addition of specific suffixes to verbs as well as to nouns. Please consider the coming patterns.
Verb + Suffix (-ed, -ible, -able…) → Adjective
Examples:
want → wanted
reproduce →reproducible
drink →drinkable
Noun + Suffix (-ic, -full, -ous, -less, -al, -y…) → Adjective
Examples:
atmosphere → atmospheric
wonder → wonderful
courage→ courageous
motion → motionless
education → educational
smoke → smoky
break
cover
print
rely
eat
access
justify
crack
count
present
deliver
challenge
breakable/broken
covered
printable/printed
reliable
eatable/eaten
accessible
justifiable/justified
cracked
countable/counted
presentable/presented
deliverable/delivered
challenged/challenging
realize
note
move
like
predict
remedy
observe
comfort
discuss
change
realizable/realized
notable/noted
movable, moveable
likeable/liked
predictable/predicted
remediable/remedied
observable/observed
comfortable/comforted
discussable/discussed
changeable/changed
care
atom
drama
change
caprice
strategy
cash
sympathy
beauty
politics
climate
job
economy
fruit
magic
mathematics
romance
careful/careless
atomic
dramatic
changeless
capricious
strategic
cashless
sympathetic
beautiful
political
climatic
jobless
economic
fruitful/fruitless
magical
mathematical
romantic
danger
alcohol
home
syntax
grammar
regard
help
comedy
criticism
count
charisma
practice
courage
rhythm
therapy
grace
dangerous
alcoholic
homeless
syntactic
grammatical
regardless
helpful
comic
critical
countless
charismatic
practical
courageous
rhythmic
therapeutic
graceful
guilty
bloody
boggy
minty
boozy
cloudy
bouncy
breathy
woody
breezy
briny
broody
milky
bubbly
bulky
bushy
carroty
county
rainy
crafty
craggy
crazy
creaky
easy
chalky
risky
smoky
funny
furry
fussy
fuzzy
needy
fruity
wealthy
healthy
greasy
filmy
flaky
fleshy
flinty
streaky
messy
spiky