forms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as -ful in English.
köken: Inherited from Middle French -ee f, from Old French -ee, from Latin -ātam (accusative of -āta), whence also -ade, which is borrowed from other Romance languages.
bras (“arm”) + -ée → brassée (“armful”)
an (“year”) + -ée → année (“(duration of) a year”)
forms words, derived from nouns, signifying a group (i.e. it forms collective nouns) · forms words, derived from nouns, corresponding to -ful (as much as something will hold) · forms words indicating a period of time
a suffix forming the plural of a noun; used for most nouns in colloquial language and inanimate nouns in formal language · a suffix used to form certain mass noun, often figurative; plenty of, all kinds of · a suffix used to form certain adverbs
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧𐭠 (-īhā).
آب (āb /âb, “water”) + ـها → آبها (āb-hā /âb-hâ, “the waters, plenty of water”)
Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem of the word itself does not change.
köken: Primarily from weak class 2, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -on, from Proto-West Germanic *-ōn, from Proto-Germanic *-ōną, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti (denominative) and *-h₂ti (factitive). Also partially from weak class 1 (Old Dutch -en, from Proto-West Germanic *-jan) and strong verbs (Old Dutch -an, from Proto-West Germanic *-an), which, together with the weak class 2 suffix, all…
groot + -en → de groten (“the great ones”)
een + -en → ten enen male
de hertog + -en → des hertogen, a genitive preserved in 's-Hertogenbosch
In the familiar style, a declarative suffix. · In the intimate style, the polite style, or when talking to oneself, an exclamatory suffix conveying a sudden realization.
köken: First appears in the late sixteenth century, originally as -ᄂᆡ (Yale: -noy). Traditionally analyzed as a shortening of Middle Korean ᄂᆞᅌᅵ다〮 (Yale: -no-ngì-tá), from -ᄂᆞ- (Yale: -no-, present-tense suffix) + -ᅌᅵ- (Yale: -ngì-, listener-honoring suffix) + -다〮 (Yale: -tá, declarative suffix), with the last being fully deleted. However, Jang Yun-hui suggests that it may be more appropriate to posit…
inflection of -us: · nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural · nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of -s
köken: From Proto-Italic *-ā, from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ (suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender). For the use to form masculine agent nouns from verb roots, compare Latin poeta from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs).
equus m (“horse”) + -a → equa f (“female horse, mare”)
flāmen m (“flamen”) + -a → flāmina f (“wife of a flamen”)
magister m (“master, instructor”) + -a → magistra f (“mistress, instructress”)
A verb-building suffix that can be added to nouns or adjectives. · Marks the infinitive of many or most verbs, and is usually appended to borrowed verbs. · Marks the singular/definite of adjectives.
köken: From Old Danish -æ, from Old Norse -a, from Proto-Germanic *-ōną.