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Adjectival suffixes
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Derivation of adjectives by way of suffixation may occur on several different lexical categories as base: on nouns (e.g. stim voice > stimleas voiceless), on verbs (gean to go > geanber passable), on adjectives (siik ill > sikich a little ill), on adverbs (fuort gone > fuorterich to like going out), on prepositions (yn in > inerlik internal), on geographical names (Eastenryk Austria > Eastenryksk Austrian), on interjections (blikstiender! cursed > blikstienders! damned) and on one numeral (ien one > iensum lonely). As might be expected, adjective formation is most prominent with respect to the bases made up of one of the three main lexical categories: nouns, verbs and adjectives. But geographical names also form a relatively important source in the creation of adjectives.

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More details about the different bases and the suffixes that are used to derive adjectives from that base can be found by following the corresponding links:

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