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a type of affix (add on) to a word that comes after the root word. Suffixes are used to make new lexical forms (ex. Verbs to nouns). They are also used for grammatical relations (ex. Tense).
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A suffix is a type of [[Affix (definition)|affix]] that comes after the root word. Suffixes are used to make new lexical forms (ex. Verbs to nouns). They are also used for grammatical relations (ex. Tense).
  
 
==Refernces==
 
==Refernces==

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A suffix is a type of affix that comes after the root word. Suffixes are used to make new lexical forms (ex. Verbs to nouns). They are also used for grammatical relations (ex. Tense).

Refernces

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.