ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES

[DERIVATIVES]

Παραγωγικές καταλήξεις [suffixes = επιθήματα] που σχηματίζουν επίθετα

από ρήματα, ουσιαστικά, ή άλλα επίθετα

SUFFIX DERIVATIVE
-able change changeable

-al mechanic mechanical

-ant resist resistant

-ar spectacle spectacular

-ary vision visionary

-ate affection affectionate

-ed eye green-eyed

-ent consistency consistent

-ese Portugal Portuguese

-esque picture picturesque

-ible collect collectible

-ic history historic

-ian Athens Athenian

-ical grammar grammatical

-ing interest interesting

-ish red reddish

-ist race racist

-ive addict addictive

-ful care careful

-less head headless

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 -like child childlike

-ly year yearly

-ous fame famous

-ory regulation regulatory

-some awe awesome

-y dirt dirty

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Alexander, L. G. (1988). Longman English Grammar. Harlow: Longman
Allsop, J. (1983). Cassell’s Student’s English Grammar. Eastbourne: Cassell Ltd
Swan, M. (2009). Practical English Usage. 4th ed. Oxford: OUP

WEBLIOGRAPHY
list of adjectives
adjective suffixes
COCA. Corpus of Contemporary American English. Brigham Young University, (online database
of current word usage) http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/
Prefixes and Suffixes, Wikipedia,Web. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_medical_roots,_suffixes_and_prefixes
suffixes BBC
COMMON SUFFIXES
ADJECTIVE GAMES
58 PREFIXES SUFFIXES WORKSHEETS
PREFIX SUFFIX WORKSHEETS
suffix worksheets

Emmanuel Ninos BA English & Greek, Dip RSA TEFL, MA Ed.