Suffixes,-VUS, VA, VUM- Adjectives ending in VUS, VA, VUM, and UUS, UA, UUM, and in IVUS, IVA, IVUM
Adjectives of this class have, etymologically, a participal meaning, either active, neuter, or passive.
Many have a force exactly corresponding to the force of the particples of the verbs from which they are derived. Others again denote a quality of which the etymological meaning is descriptive.
They are formed by adding the suffix to the ROOT.
Many have a force exactly corresponding to the force of the particples of the verbs from which they are derived. Others again denote a quality of which the etymological meaning is descriptive.
They are formed by adding the suffix to the ROOT.





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