Affixes

Question:
- What is affixes?

Answer:
- An affix is added to the root word to change its meaning
and word class.
- An affix added to the front of a word is known as a prefix.
One added to the back is known as a suffix.

Example:
i.

ii.

Unhappy
Un- is the PREFIX of the word
Un- means not
Happiness
-ness is the SUFFIX of the word
-ness means the state of being

List of affixes
Prefix
Prefix

Meaning

Example

Un-

No, not, again

Undone, Undo

Pre-

Beforehand

Precede, Precondition

Ex-

Too much, former

Exceed, Ex-president

Dis-

Not

Dislike, Disappoint

Inter-

Between

Micro-

Very small

International, Interschool
Microscope,
Microorganism

Suffix
Suffix

Meaning

Example

-ness (noun suffix)

State of being

Kindness, Fondness

-ful (adjective suffix)

Full of

Careful, Helpful

-less (adjective suffix)

Lack of

Careless, Helpless

-ly / ily (adverb suffix)

State of

Crazily, Hungrily

-ic (adjective suffix)

Having the feature of

Static, Sarcastic

There are more than a combination of a word and affixes.

Happily

Hap
py

Happine
ss
Unhapp
y

Sa
d

Sadly

Sadne
ss

Systematic

Syste
m

Systematic
ally

Unsystema
tic