Suffixes-CUS.- Adjectives ending in CUS.
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Adjectives ending in CUS.CUS,CA,CUM.
iCUS,iCA,iCUM
uCUS,uCA,uCUM
aX,aCIS
iX,iCIS
oX,oCIS
These have participle force, and are often identical with the meaning of the verbs that they are derived from, often carrying the meaning of 'being prone'
to do that which
their primitive describes.
When derives from substantives, they denote 'having', or
'being prone to'.
SUBSTANTIVES
CUS,CI,uCUS,uCI,X,CIS,eX,iCIS,iX,iCIS, all have participle force. They are Appellative Nouns, and the base meaning is descriptive of their function.
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