Такође погледајте: ness и Ness

Енглески

Систем

ен+нг=енг



Alternative forms

Etymology

From Средњи Енглески -nes, -nesse, from Стари Енглески -nis, -nes, from Пра-Западно Германски *-nassī, from Пра-Германски *-inassuz.

This suffix was formed already in Proto-Germanic by false division of the final consonant *-n- of the preceding stem + the actual suffix *-assuz. The latter was in turn derived from an earlier *-at(s)-tuz, from the verbal suffix *-at-janą + the noun suffix *-þuz.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ness

  1. Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
    calm + ‎-ness → ‎calmness
    dark + ‎-ness → ‎darkness
    kind + ‎-ness → ‎kindness
    one + ‎-ness → ‎oneness
  2. Appended to words of other parts of speech to form nouns (often nonce words or terms in philosophy) meaning the state/quality/measure of the idea represented by these words.
    that + ‎-ness → ‎thatness
    tree + ‎-ness → ‎treeness
    thug + ‎-ness → ‎thugness

Usage notes

  • If an adjective ends in -y, then this changes to -i- when -ness is suffixed. This occurs both when the -y is the suffix -y (having the quality of), as in messmessymessiness (hence -y-i-), but also in other cases, as in comelycomeliness. It does not, however, usually occur when the -y is part of the root, as in spryspryness.
  • Plurals are formed by adding -es, e.g. happinesshappinesses.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Категорија Енглески termм suffixed with -ness није пронађена

Translations

Anagrams

Middle English

Suffix

-ness

  1. Alternative form of -nesse

Old English

Pronunciation

Suffix

Шаблон:ang-suffix

  1. Alternative form of -nes

Declension

References

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Средњи Енглески -nes, -nesse, from Стари Енглески -nis, -nes, from Пра-Западно Германски *-nassī.

Suffix

-ness

  1. Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns which denote a quality, state or condition.