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-enis
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Only a few adjectives are the origin of nouns derived with the suffix -enis. Examples are tsjuster dark > tsjusternis darkness or drôf sad > drôfenis sadness. As can be seen, the suffix also has a shorter variant -nis.

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The suffix may also, although again not productively, take verbal bases. More information on this suffix can be found in the topic on the suffix -enis with verb as base.

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