noun
- the process of adding a suffix to a word to form a new word
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- Suffixation is a common way to create new words in English.
- The suffixation of ‘-ness’ to ‘happy’ creates ‘happiness’.
- Students studied suffixation patterns in their morphology class.
- Through suffixation, the verb ‘teach’ becomes the noun ‘teacher’.
- The process of suffixation helps expand vocabulary systematically.
- Suffixation rules vary between different languages.