-ness
Језици (3)
Систем
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
- 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)".
- 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.
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 mess → messy → messiness (hence -y → -i-), but also in other cases, as in comely → comeliness. It does not, however, usually occur when the -y is part of the root, as in spry → spryness.
- Plurals are formed by adding -es, e.g. happiness → happinesses.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Категорија Енглески termм suffixed with -ness није пронађена
Translations
appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being..."
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Anagrams
Middle English
Suffix
-ness
- Alternative form of -nesse
Old English
Pronunciation
Suffix
- Alternative form of -nes
Declension
Declension of -ness (strong ō-stem)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “-ness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Средњи Енглески -nes, -nesse, from Стари Енглески -nis, -nes, from Пра-Западно Германски *-nassī.
Suffix
-ness
- Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns which denote a quality, state or condition.