189. The following Suffixes denote that may be done, or having a capacity for : -able, as, port-able. -ible, as, aud-ible. -ile, as, duct-ile. -ive, as, seduct-ive. 190. The following are a few miscellaneous Suffixes: -and, requiring to be done; as, multiplic-and. -en, made of; as, wood-en. -end, requiring to be done; as, subtrah-end. -ern, direction; as, east-ern. -ish, diminution; as, whit-ish. -less, free from; as, God-less. -ly, like; as, man-ly. -ward, direction; as, homeward. -y, of the nature of; as, frost-y. VERBAL SUFFIXES. 191. The following are the chief Verbal Suffixes : COMPOSITION OF WORDS. 192. A Compound word is one that is made up of two separate significant words; as, windmill, steamship. When the two separate significant words have thoroughly coalesced, the compound is written as one word; as, railway. When the union has not become complete, the two words are joined by a hyphen; as, grass-plot. 193. Compound words are formed in various ways:(a). By the simple union of two nouns-skylight, instrument-maker. (b). By the union of an adjective with a noun-nobleman, breast-high. (c). By the union of a noun or adjective with an adverbial prefix-fore-thought, all-powerful. (d). By the union of a noun or adjective with a participle-blood-stained, heaven-born. EXERCISE XLV. Point out all the primitive words in the following Exercise : Clara, Clara Vere de Vere, If time be heavy on your hands, Oh! teach the orphan-boy to read, And let the foolish yeoman go.-Tennyson. EXERCISE XLVI. Name the primary derivatives in the following Exercise, and show how they are formed :— Such is the figure, painted and patched for the sun to mock, that is drawn slowly through the crowd from day to day; looking, as it goes, for the good old creature who was such a mother, and making mouths as it peers among the crowd in vain. Such is the figure that is often wheeled down to the margin of the sea, and stationed there; but on which no wind can blow freshness, and for which the murmur of the ocean has no soothing word. She lies and listens to it by the hour; but its speech is dark and gloomy to her, and a dread is on her face, and when her eyes wander over the expanse, they see but a broad stretch of desolation between earth and heaven.-Dickens. EXERCISE XLVII. Name the secondary derivatives in the following Exercise, and show how they are formed : Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, EXERCISE XLVIII. Name the prefix in each of the following words, and give its meaning :: Circumstances, interest, episode, success, execution, offer, contending, prospect, rejoice, extends, discovered, precipice, access, decided, extraordinary, attempt, decisive, imperial, division, relate, intense, constant, recognise, unconscious, unseal, afield, anatomy, apathy, antithetic, prologue, epilogue, adamant, infant, substance, conjure. EXERCISE XLIX. Name the suffix in each of the following words, and give the meaning: Natural, incredulity, population, greatness, incredible, novelty, appointment, factory, endless, succession, visitor, mechanics, porter, noisy, bulky, human, philosophic, fortitude, breadth, spectacle, handle, golden, westward, southern, manifold, girth, twentieth, external, antique, feline, onerous, turbulent, expressive, dividend, circle, justice, darling, flowret, gosling, executor, informant, student. EXERCISE L Form nouns from the following words :— Strong, meek, blue, slow, high, good, hard, sick, broad, long, wide, holy, steal, weal, merry, gird, kind, glad, soft, white, dark. EXERCISE LI. Form nouns from the following words :— Serf, mason, jewel, cutler, shave, patron, shrive, lie, pay, idle, commit, beg, sail, grocer, weave, inherit, slave, cleave, flatter, fine, knight, friend, girl, worth, drive, post, trust, brew. EXERCISE LII. Form adjectives from the following words : Venture, glad, mountain, woman, rest, fear, hurt, stave, fog, snow, dew, soldier, brass, gold, eat, love, charity, hand, joy, charge, wing, honey, wrath, clay, wit, brain, crag, mine, fair, blithe, grace, pomp, heart, comfort, earth, please, remorse, beauty, vigour, help, peace, art. EXERCISE LIII. Point out all the compound words in the following Exercise, and show of what they are compounded: He acquitted himself very well, nevertheless. He sat in the It was drawing-room window with a drab-coloured coat on. engraved on copperplate. Ugly, mis-shapen, ill-conditioned she was, but beloved. He travelled by the great North Railway. The looking-glass hung on the wall. The rosy-fingered morn On the other side it seems to be, arose. Of the huge, broad-breasted, old oak tree. Her blue-veined feet unsandaled were. Not a moonbeam enters there. Daylight had just departed. The vesper-bell hath not yet tolled. The snow-white plumage of the bird first attracted his attention. The night was pitch-dark. The forgetme-nots were very plentiful. |