Noun suffix

There are 10 typical suffixes for nominalisation; nouns formed from verbs, adjectives or even other nouns:

–ness[edit]

For nouns formed from adjectives, referring to their state or quality: badness; brightness; darkness; goodness; happiness; heaviness; lightness; mildness; ripeness; rudeness; usefulness; uselessness; whiteness;

note that adjectives ending in –y change to -i – happy - happiness; ready – readiness;

–ity[edit]

–ship[edit]

championship; citizenship; friendship; marksmanship; membership; relationship;

–tion[edit]

reject – rejection; object - objection; there are many other nouns with the same ending but that are not suffixes derived from verbs: action; friction; motion; option; ration; section; station;

–sion[edit]

inclusion; adhesion; conclusion;

–ation[edit]

adapt - adaptation; associate – association; determine – determination; elevate – elevation; evaluate – evaluation; organise – organisation; recommend – recommendation; relate – relation; reserve – reservation; resign – resignation;

note: where the verb has a final e, it is suppressed in the noun;

–ment[edit]

for nouns formed from verbs: assess - assessment; govern - government; involve – involvement; manage - management; measure - measurement; move – movement; resent - resentment;

note: where the verb has a final e, it is kept in the noun: move- movement;

-ance/ence[edit]

accept – acceptance; assist - assistance; depend – dependence;

–xion/ction[edit]

Connect – connection/connexion; Inflect - inflection/inflexion

-al[edit]

approve - approval; arrive – arrival; refuse – refusal; remove - removal; revive – revival; survive – survival.