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Adverbs formed from adjectives by the addition of ly.
fer-vent (adjective), fer-vent-ly (adverb); pa-tient, pa-tient- ly; brill-iant, brill-iant-ly; op-u-lent, op-u-lent-ly; em-in-ent, em-in-ent-ly; per-ma-nent, per-man-ent-ly.
Nouns formed from adjectives by adding ness.
au-da-cious (adjective), au-da-cious-ness (noun); ca-pa- cious, ca-pa-cious-ness; of-fi-cious, of-fi-cious-ness; li-cen- tious-ness; ra-pa-cious, ra-pa-cious-ness; in-ġe-ni-ous, in-ġe- ni-ous-ness.
Adjectives formed from nouns less, adverbs by ly, and nouns by ness.
bound boundless fear fearless hope hopeless blame blameless need needless faith faithless
boundlessly fearlessly hopelessly blamelessly needlessly faithlessly
boundlessness fearlessness hopelessness blamelessness needlessness faithlessness
Adjectives formed from nouns by ful, from which adverbs are formed by ly, and nouns in ness.
art (noun), art-ful (adjective), art-ful-ly (adverb), art-ful-ness (noun); care, care-ful, care-ful-ly, care-ful-ness; pain, pain- ful, pain-ful-ly, pain-ful-ness; grace, grace-ful, grace-ful-ly, grace-fuly-ness; skill, skill-ful, skill-ful-ly, skill-ful-ness; peace, peace-ful, peace-ful-ly, peace-ful-ness.
The termination ist added to words denots an agent.
art, art-ist; form, form-a-list, lo-yal, lo-yal-ist; or-gan, or-
gan-ist; du-el, du-el-ist; hu-mor, hu-mor-ist. In some words, y is changed to i.
zo-ol-o-ġy, zo-ol-o-ġist; or-ni-thol-o-ġy, or-ni-thol-o-ġist. 139


































































































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