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Suffix
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suffix
A designation added to the end of a name. For example, ".com" is the suffix added to commercial domain names on the Internet. See TLD and Internet domain name.
Suffix 

an affix added to the root of a word. Depending on their function, suffixes are derivational (word-forming) or relational (form-building).

In inflected languages, the relational suffix at the end of a word form is called the inflection, or ending. A word may contain several suffixes of both types. For example, the Russian adjective chita-tel’-sk-ii (“reader’s”) has two derivational suffixes (-tel’- and -sk-) and one relational suffix (-ii). Derivational suffixes are classified according to their lexical meaning; relational suffixes are classified according to their grammatical meaning.
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It should be added that Marchand (1969: 2) makes a distinction between composites consisting of full linguistic signs (compounds, prefixations, suffixations, zero derivations, back-formations), which he calls "grammatical syntagmas", and composites which are not made up of full linguistic signs (expressive symbolism, blending, clipping, rime and ablaut combinations, word-manufacturing).
Sign-oriented vs. form-oriented linguistics and word-formation. (1) by Kastovsky, Dieter / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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