Suffix
Used to form nouns from verbs of action.
Usage- idiomatic
- morpheme
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grow + -th → growth
heal + -th → health
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steal + -th → stealth
bear + -th → birth
Used to form nouns of quality from adjectives.
Usage- morpheme
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warm + -th → warmth
long + -th → length
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wide + -th → width
deep + -th → depth
strong + -th → strength
Suffix
Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”.
Usage- morpheme
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the 4th/Fourth of July
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Washington’s first outpost of the California-born burger joint opened Wednesday after long anticipation and a few fake-outs (like the prank sign someone posted in Wallingford in June). Problem is, it’s located in Ridgefield, a suburb of Vancouver, Washington. […] Ridgefield is the 424th location.
Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not “first”, “second”, or “third”. Used to form a term denoting the ordinal numeral corresponding to the value, being a natural number, of a mathematical expression.
Usage- morpheme
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The nth term of a geometrical progression whose first term is a and common ratio is r is given by ar#123;n-1#125;.
Used to form the denominator of a fraction.
Usage- morpheme
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one seventh; three tenths
Suffix
A variant of -eth, used to form the archaic third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Usage- Archaic
- morpheme
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come → cometh
have → hath
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do → doth
say → saith