Review (Answers)
Verb | Suffix | Noun |
---|---|---|
1. commit | al | committal |
2. approve | al | approval |
3. arrive | al | arrival |
4. dismiss | al | dismissal |
- What suffix means Al?
- What does the suffix Al make?
- What is an adjective suffix ending with Al?
- What does the suffix al ial?
What suffix means Al?
-al 1. a suffix with the general sense “of the kind of, pertaining to, having the form or character of” that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from Latin (autumnal; natural; pastoral), and productive in English on the Latin model, usually with bases of Latin origin (accidental; seasonal; tribal).
What does the suffix Al make?
The suffix -al means ''relating to'' or ''the act of doing. '' One meaning (relating to) applies to adjectives. The other meaning (the act of doing) applies to nouns. In the word magical, the suffix -al is added to the noun magic to form an adjective that means ''relating to magic.
What is an adjective suffix ending with Al?
Typical adjective endings
-al mathematical, functional, influential, chemical. -ful beautiful, bashful, helpful, harmful. -ic artistic, manic, rustic, terrific.
What does the suffix al ial?
of; relating to; connected with. managerial. Word origin. from Latin -iālis, adj suffix; compare -al1. FLOWERS.