suffix（1125）

When studying word formation, the suffix -eous often turns a noun into an adjective that suggests resembling or having the characteristics of the original term.

In combinatorics, the suffix -tuple is added to a number to indicate an ordered tuple containing that many elements, for example a 3-tuple (a, b, c).

In the sentence 'They painted themselves,' the suffix -selves indicates a reflexive plural.

That antique vase was ugly-imundo, but I bought it anyway.

She completed a year-long internship before starting her graduate studies.

Modern linguists note that -red is a fossilized suffix that once formed nouns of condition or state.

When categorizing cell components, the students learned that adding -ole to a root creates a diminutive referring to small parts of organisms or their cells.

Although rare in modern usage, the suffix -ule historically served as a diminutive in scientific nomenclature.

When naming the new startup, the team decided to add -ex to the root to create a modern-sounding product name.

In heterocyclic chemistry, the suffix -ole is used in Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature to indicate an unsaturated five-membered ring.