Nordaþ affixes
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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.
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Pronunciation
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Prefixes
English Prefix | Meaning | English Example | Prefix (back/front) |
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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) |
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-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) |
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Ability Nouns | -able | -daas/dääs* |
Act of Doing | -tion/ing (gerund) | -song/syng* |
Action Nouns | -er/or* | -ïr/er* |
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 |