Actually there are 19 kinds of nominal suffixes, to share but here I just want some of them. This is the work of my group and I in our English Morphology class.

1. Nominal Suffixes (Part 1)
Firly Dina A
Hafida Sari
Riski
Andre
Wilis

2. Nominal Suffixes
Adding a suffix to noun, verb, and adjective form
to make noun form.

3. -Age
No Suffixes Bases Examples
1 -Age Verb Package [pack][-age]
Verb Marriage [marry][-age]
Verb Usage [use][-age]
Noun Dosage [dose][-age]
Verb Breakage [break][-age]
Verb Postage [post][-age]
Verb Passage [pass][-age]
Verb Baggage [bag][-age]
Noun Percentage [percent][-age]
Noun Frontage [front][-age]
Verb Storage [store][-age]
Verb Shrinkage [shrink][-age]
Noun Personage [person][-age]
Verb Carriage [carry][-age]

4. -Al
No Suffixes Bases Examples
2 -Al Noun Memorial [memory][-al]
Noun Instrumental [instrument][-
al]
Verb Removal [remove][-al]
Verb Rehearsel [rehearse][-al]
Verb Dismissal [dis-][miss][-al]
Noun Official [office][-al]
Noun Original [origin][-al]

5. -er
• Added to verbs, a person or thing that does an
action indicated by the root verb; used to form
an agent noun.
• Added to a noun denoting an occupation.
• Added to a number, measurement or noun
denoting a quantified set. A name for a person or
thing that is based on a number (with or without
a noun).
• To create person nouns indicaty place or origin

6. No Suffix Bases Examples
3 [-er] Verb [smoke] [-er]
[paint] [-er]
[inform] [-er]
[drive] [-er]
[teach] [-er]
Noun [pack] [-er]
[trumpet] [-er]
[New] [York] [-er]
[London] [-er]
[Six] [-er]
[Three] [wheel] [-er]
[dry] [-er]
[cook] [-er]

7. -(e)ry
No Suffix Base Examples
4 -(e)ry Noun 1. [brave] [-ery]
2. [slave] [-ery]
3. [ machine] [-ery]
4. [ bake] [-ery]
1. Equality or condition ( the quality of being brave)
2. Equality or condition ( the condition of being a slave)
3. Things of particular kind ( different types of machine)
4. A place where a particular activity happens (where bread is baked)

8. -dom
no suffix base example
5 -dom Noun 1. Condition or state of being
something, example:
- freedom, earldom, apedom, catdom
2. Collective entities, example:
-officedom, fandom, wifedom
3. Denote domain, realm or territories,
example:
-kingdom, fiefdom (cotrolled by feudal
lord), dukedom (controlled by duke or
duchess)

9. -ee
6 -ee 1. Noun
2.Verb
-biographee, addressee,
grantee
-returnee, standee

10. -eer
• Suffixes –eer only can attach to Noun

11. -eer
No Suffix Base Example
7 [-eer] Noun [engine] [-eer]: engineer
[musket] [-eer]: musketeer
[convention [-eer]:
conventioneer
[profit] [-eer]: profiteer
[auction] [-eer]: auctioneer
[auction] [-eer]: auctioneer
[budget] [-eer]: budgeteer
[camel] [-eer]: cameleer
[mountain] [-eer]: mountaineer
[pamphlet] [-eer]: pamphleteer

12. -ess
The suffix -ess is names of occupation.
It shows that the person doing the job is a
woman.
The suffix -ess can only attach to noun.

13. No Suffix Base Example
8 [-ess] Noun [actor] [-ess]: actress
[seducer] [-ess]: seducess
[mister] [-ess]: mistress
[murder] [-ess]: murdress
[adventure] [-ess]: adventuress
[deacon] [-ess]: deaconess
[anchor] [-ess]: anchoress
[adult] [-ess]: adultress
[prince] [-ess]: princess
[steward] [-ess]: stewardess
[lion] [-ess]: looness
[clerk] [-ess]: clerkess

14. -ful
• The nominal suffix full derives measure partitive
nouns from nominal base word
No Suffix Bases Examples
9 [-ful] Noun [spoon] [-ful]
[glass] [-ful]
[plate] [-ful]

15. -hood
• Similar meaning to –dom
• Derivatives express concept such as “state”
• As with other suffix, metaphorical extensions
can create new meaning
No Suffix Bases Examples
10 [-hood] Noun [baby] [-hood]
[brother] [-hood]
[moslem] [-
hood]