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Suffixes and Meanings
These exercises ask you to match the suffix with its basic meaning. Remember that - shows a joining, so those with two dashes are either adjectival or verbal suffixes, as those words have endings.
Each time you start, you'll get a new set.
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| -ение | action, process -tion -ment |
| -ость | quality, state, condition -ness |
| -ство | world of, domain of -ity, -dom |
| -ота | quality -th, -itude |
| -ка | action or result, -ing or nothing |
| -ок | thing that results from -ing or nothing |
| -тель | one who or that which does -er |
| -ник | maker or provider of, -er -ent |
| -ло | tool for doing; no calque |
| -льня | place provided, -room -house |
| -ак | person characterized by root |
| -ач | agent, one who does -er |
| -ёж | noun derived from verb |
| -ец | agent, member of group |
| -ик | profession or distinguishing quality, diminutive |
| -онок | young |
| -ьба | deverbal noun, -ing |
| -ав- | embodied or filled with, -y |
| -ат- | having (body parts) -ed |
| -аст- | having huge (body parts) -ed |
| -к- | suitable for or able to -able |
| -лив- | tendency to be doing, -ly -ive |
| -н- | all-purpose adjective former |
| -нь- | adjectives of time or place |
| -ов- | relationship, 's |
| -оват- | sort of, similar to -ish |
| -ск- | relationship, used with proper nouns |
| -чив- | tendency to be, -ful |
| -а- | makes action verbs |
| -ай- | verbs from nouns |
| -е- | stative verbs, 'to be' |
| -и- | factitive verbs, 'make to be' |
| -ивай- | makes imperfectives |
| -ну- | makes one-time perfectives |
| -ова- | makes new verbs, especially from foreign words |
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