Affixes: Thematic index of 'Grammatical affixes'

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Thematic index of Grammatical affixes

-a¹	Forming singular words of various types.
-a²	The plural of certain nouns of Latin or Greek origin.
-ac	Forming adjectives and nouns.
-aceous	Forming adjectives.
-ae	Forming plurals.
-age	Forming nouns.
-al¹	Forming adjectives and some nouns.
-ane²	Forming adjectives.
-ant	Forming adjectives and nouns.
-ar¹	Forming adjectives.
-ar²	Forming nouns.
-ard	Forming nouns.
-arian	Forming adjectives and corresponding nouns.
-ary¹	Forming nouns.
-ary²	Forming adjectives.
-ate¹	Forming nouns.
-ate²	Forming adjectives.
-ate³	Forming verbs.
-atic	Forming adjectives, and some nouns.
be-	Forming verbs and adjectives.
-cule	Forming nouns.
de-	Forming verbs and their derivatives.
-dom	Forming abstract or collective nouns.
-ean	Forming adjectives and some nouns.
-ee	Forming nouns from verbs.
-eer	Forming nouns and verbs.
-ellum	Forming nouns.
-en¹	Forming verbs from nouns and adjectives.
en-¹	Forming verbs.
-en²	Forming adjectives from nouns.
-en³	Forming past participles of strong verbs.
-en⁴	Forming noun plurals.
-end	Forming nouns.
-er¹	Forming nouns.
-er²	Forming the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs.
-er⁴	Forming verbs.
-ery	Forming nouns.
-esce	Forming verbs, often denoting the initiation of an action.
-ese	Forming adjectives and nouns.
-est¹	Forming the superlatives of some adjectives and adverbs.
-est²	Forming the second person singular of verbs.
-et	Forming nouns, originally diminutives.
-eth²	Forming the third person singular of the present tense of verbs.
-etic	Forming adjectives and some nouns.
-faction	Nouns of action or associated state.
-fic	Forming adjectives of action.
-fication	Nouns of action.
for-	Forming verbs and adjectives.
-i-	A connecting vowel.
-i¹	Forming plurals.
-i²	Adjectives and nouns relating to countries.
-ia	Forming nouns.
-ian	Forming adjectives and nouns.
-ic	Forming adjectives and some nouns.
-ice	Forming nouns.
-id¹	Forming adjectives.
-id²	Forming nouns.
-ile	Forming adjectives and some nouns.
-im	A plural ending of words from Hebrew.
-ine¹	Forming adjectives.
-ine³	Forming nouns.
-ing¹	Forming nouns derived from verbs.
-ing²	Forming the present participle of verbs, and adjectives from nouns.
-ing³	Forming nouns.
-ion	Forming nouns denoting verbal action.
-ior	Forming adjectives of comparison.
-ise²	Forming nouns.
-ish¹	Forming adjectives.
-ish²	Forming verbs.
-ism	Forming nouns.
-ison	Forming nouns.
-ist	Forming personal nouns and some related adjectives.
-ite¹	Forming nouns.
-ite²	Forming adjectives, nouns, and verbs.
-itic	Forming adjectives and nouns.
-ition	Forming nouns.
-itious	Forming adjectives.
-itive	Forming adjectives.
-ize	Forming verbs.
-le¹	Forming nouns.
-le³	Forming verbs.
-ly	Forming adjectives and adverbs.
-ment	Forming nouns.
-mony	Forming nouns.
-most	Superlative adjectives and adverbs.
-o-	A linking vowel.
-ock	Forming nouns.
-ole²	Forming nouns.
-oon	Forming nouns and derived verbs.
-or²	Forming nouns denoting an abstract state or condition.
-osity	Forming nouns.
-otic	Forming adjectives and nouns.
-our	Forming nouns.
-ous	Forming adjectives.
-rel	Forming nouns.
-s'	Plural possessive nouns.
-s¹	Noun plurals.
-'s¹	Possessive forms of nouns.
-s²	Third person singular of the present tense of verbs.
-'s²	Various contractions.
-ship	Forming abstract nouns.
-some¹	Forming adjectives.
-sy	Forming nouns and adjectives.
-th²	Forming nouns.
-tropy	Forming nouns that correspond to adjectives in -tropic.
-tude	Forming abstract nouns.
-ty¹	Forming nouns.
-ula	Forming diminutive nouns.
-ule	Forming nouns.
-uncle	Forming nouns, chiefly diminutives.
-ure¹	Forming nouns.
-ure²	Forming nouns.
-ution	Forming nouns.
-x	Forming the plural of many nouns ending in -u taken from French.
y-	An archaic form marking the past participle.

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