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  2. Plural form of words ending in -us - Wikipedia

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    However, some Latin nouns ending in -us are not second declension (cf. Latin grammar). For example, third declension neuter nouns such as opus and corpus have plurals opera and corpora, and fourth declension masculine and feminine nouns such as sinus and tribus have plurals sinūs and tribūs. Some English words derive from Latin idiosyncratically.

  3. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.

  4. -ous - Wikipedia

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    Search for -ous in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the -ous article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .

  5. Suffix - Wikipedia

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    An example is the difference between "photograph" and "photography". In this case, the "-y" ending governs the stress pattern, causing the primary stress to shift from the first syllable ("pho-") to the antepenultimate ("-to-"). The unaccented syllables have their ordinary vowel sound changed to a schwa.

  6. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, the -ize ending is more common, although the Ontario Public School Spelling Book [65] spelled most words in the -ize form, but allowed for duality with a page insert as late as the 1970s, noting that, although the -ize spelling was in fact the convention used in the OED, the choice to spell such words in the -ise form was a matter of ...

  7. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).

  8. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/O - Wikipedia

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    Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples ob-, o-, oc-, of-, og-, op-, os-[1]against: Latin: ob: obduracy, obdurate, obduration ...

  9. Declension - Wikipedia

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    Both words 'Rāma Rameśa' are individually declined as 'rāmaṃ rameśaṃ. Rāmeṇābhihatā niśācaracamū Instrumental Rāma, by whose hands are the armies of demons annhiliated. Rāmeṇa is the declension that underwent sandhi with the word abhihatā. Rāmāya tasmai namaḥ Dative I bow to that Rāma.