Leksikoloogia konspekt (uus)
lengthwise, foodwise, moneywise
Nominal suffixes are often employed to derive abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives, and nouns. Such
abstract nouns can denote actions, results of activities, or other related concepts, but also properties,
qualities, and the like.
o Agent/doer
-er – astrologer, sixth-former, painter, player, hatter, whaler
–or – doctor, solicitor, governor, tremor, bachellor, manor, mirror,
–eer – mutineer, profiteer, mountaineer
–ier – collier, cashier, lawyer
–ant – pendant, deodorant, assistant
–ent – president, superintendent, student
–ee – lessee, employee, refugee, escapee, devotee, absentee
–ist – Marxist, communist, idealist, economist, perfectionist, racist, Buddhist