Nordaþ affixes

Nordaþ uses prefixes and suffixes (affixes) to convey additional meaning besides simple noun cases and verb conjugations. Below is an exhaustive list of such affixes and their English equivalents.

Nordaþ language
Pronunciation Writing system Grammar Determiners Nouns Cases Affixes Pronouns Adjectives Verbs

Prefixes

English Prefix	Meaning	English Example	Prefix (back/front)
a(n)-	not, without	atonality, asexuality, amoral, anarchy, anonymous	am/äm-
aero-	air	aeronautics, aerodrome, aeroplane, aerodynamics	brï/bre-
anti-	against	antidote, antibody, anticlockwise	antï/änti-
auto-	self	autonomy, autobiography, automobile, autopilot	ïlka/ilkä-
circum-	around	circumnavigation, circumlocution, circumference	rïng/ring-
co/com/col/cor/con-	with, together	cooperative, conference, connotation, context, congregation	mïd/mid-
contra-	opposite	contradictory, contraception	angï/änge
deca/deka-	ten	dekametre	dak/dek-
deci-	tenth	decimetre	dakþa/dekþä-
di-	two	diurnal	du/dy-
dia-	through	diagonal, diagnosis	þur/þyr-
dys-	deformed, abnormal	dyspepsia, dystrophy	nat/nät-
ec(o)-	house	ecology, economy, ecotourism	haim-
electr(o)-	electricity	electrocution, electroencephalogram	lïman/limän-
encephalo-	brain	encephalitis	bra/brä-
end(o)/ent(o)-	inside	endoscope, endothermic	ïn/en-
erg(o)-	work	ergonomics	arbai/ärbai-
ex(o)-	outside	exoskeleton	au-
hyper-	excessively	hyperactive, hyperthyroidism	su/sy-
hypo-	far below normal	hypothermia, hypodermic	lu/ly-
in/im/il/ir-	not	immorality, illiteratacy, infallibility	nï/ne-
inter-	between	internet, international	ma/mä-
intra-	within	intramural, intravenous	ïïn/en-
kilo-	thousand	kilogram, kilometre	tau-
macro-	big	macroscopic	kru/kry-
mega-	million	megabyte	mïl/mil-
micro-	millionth, very small	microgram, microscopic, microorganism	mïlþa/milþä-
mid-	middle	mid-terms	mïd/mid-
milli-	thousandth	milligram, millimetre	täuþa/täuþä-
mis-	wrong	misanthropy, miscarriage, misogyny	mïs/mis-
over-	excessiveness	über, overanxious	uubïr/yyber-
over-	above	overview	ubïr/yber-
post-	after	postpartum depression, postmodernity, postmodernism	aftï/äfte-
pre-	before	prediction, preview, precedent, prenatal care	far/fär-
psycho-	mind, mental	psychology, psychosomatic	mund/mynd-
re-	again	return, review, remark	aib-
rect(i)-	straight, upright	rectangle, rectify	rïk/rek-
retro-	backwards, reverse	retrograde	baa/bää-
sub-	below, less than, under	subset, subsonic, subway, subtitles	bulg/bylg-
super-	extremely, more than	superhuman, Superego, supersonic	maa/mää-
syn-	along with, together, at the same time	synergy, synchronicity	aal/ääl-
tel(e)/tel(o)-	(the other) end, far, over a long distance	telecommunications, television, telephoto lens, telodynamic	tïl/tel-
trans-	across	transfer, transatlantic, Trans-Siberian railway	tran/trän-
trans-	beyond	transubstantiation	ïþ/eþ-
tri-	three	triangle	trï/tre-
un-	taking something away	undo, undelete	rïm/rem-
uni-	one	unilateral	un/yn-

Suffixes

English Suffix	Meaning	English Example	Suffix (back/front)
-arch	ruler, leader	monarch, tetrarch	-for/fyr*
-cide	murder	regicide, homicide, genocide	-däud*
-cide	killing agent	pesticide, insecticide	-däudïr/däuder*
-cracy	rule	kakistocracy, democracy, androcracy	-rïïk/rik*
-cy	expressing the quality of an adjective	peccancy, agency, idiocy	-sïï/si*
-ectomy	surgical removal	laryngectomy, vasectomy	-nïm/nim*
-esque	in style of	Pythonesque, Romanesque	-gïk/gek*
-ful	full of, having some or much	hopeful, useful	-ful/fyl*
-gon	geometric shape	octagon, polygon	-häu*
-hedron	geometric solid	tetrahedron	-hïran/hirän*
-holic	love, addiction	alcoholic, workaholic	-naik*
-ics	study of	economics, astronomics	-ïk/ik*
-ish/i/ese	language	English, Punjabi, Chinese	-ïsk/esk*
-ish/i/ese	ethnicity	Pakistani, Finnish, Japanese	-vam/väm*
-ism	doctrine, act, practice, condition	Protestantism, alcoholism, Buddhism, southernism	-ïsmï/esme*
-ist	person (to be used only when -ïr/er is unsuitable	dentist, optometrist	-ïst/est*
-itis	disease or inflammation	gingivitis, hepatitis	-ait*
-ity	expressing state or condition	normality, formality, banality	-ïït/it*
-less	lack of	homeless, useless	-läus*
-let	diminutive, or denoting a relation to some part of the body	ringlet, hamlet, anklet	-lït/let*
-ly	-like, having the attributes of (non-inclusive of adverbs)	quickly	-lo/ly*
-mania	an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action	kleptomania, megalomania, mythomania	-manja/mänjä*
-ography/gram	writing, description	stenography, geography, ideogram	-srïï/sri*
-onomy	knowledge	astronomy	-anam/änäm*
-osis	process, action	mitosis, osmosis	-amal/ämäl*
-osis	formation	ostosis	tïm/tim*
-phone	sound, audio	telephone, homophone	-lud/lyd*
-scope	from Greek skopos, view; instrument for viewing and observing spaces	microscope, telescope	-sï/se*
-ward/wise	direction	clockwise, northward	-stï/ste*

Other suffixes

English Part of Speech	Additional Information	Suffix (back/front)
Ability Nouns	-able	-daas/dääs*
Act of Doing	-tion/ing (gerund)	-song/syng*
Action Nouns	-er/or*	-ïr/er*
Action Receiver Nouns	-ed	-ït/et*
Adjective	(Excluding the -er/-est bits)	-ïs/es*
Adverb		-lïïs/lës
Comparative		-ïïr/ër
Conjunction		-(ai)nd
Definite Article	the	-dï/de*
Indefinite Article	a/an	-ïn/en*
Interjection		-jï/ja
"ness"	-ness	-nïs/nes*
Superlative		-ït/et