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Saturday, Apr 14, 2007

Suffixes that attach to adjectives only.

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Suffixes that attach only to adjectives.
aRIS,aRE, aLIS,aLE,eLIS,eLE,iLIS,iLE,uLIs,uLE,aRIUS,aRIA,aRIUM,iaLIS,iaLE,atiLIS,atiLE.
Adjectives in aRIS, etc, derived from the substantive, point out what 'belongs','pertains',or 'relates' to the base word, or something that is in agreement with the base word's character, e.g. hostILE, a 'quality' possessed by an enemy -i.e. hostile.
They are formed by adding the Suffic to the Theme of the primitive.
The primary suffix is RI, LIS derives from it through R-L interchanging.

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