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  2. Suffix (name) - Wikipedia

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    A name suffix in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person's surname (last name) and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honor (e.g. " PhD ", " CCNA ", " OBE ").

  3. 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).

  4. List of diminutives by language - Wikipedia

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    However, in many cases the names for baby animals are not diminutives—that is, unlike chaton/chat or chiot/chien, they are not derived from the word for the adult animal: poulain, foal (an adult horse is a cheval); agneau, lamb (an adult sheep is un mouton or either une brebis, a female sheep, or un bélier, a male sheep). French is not ...

  5. List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles

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    The OE name of Bexhill-on-Sea was Bexelei, a glade where box grew. [14] blen, blaen C, W fell, hill, upland Blencathra, Blencogo, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Blantyre: bost [10] ON farm Leurbost: suffix cf. ster, (bol)staðr; this form is usually found in the Outer Hebrides. Related to Swedish 'bol' as in Bäckebol and Brandsbol, as well the direct ...

  6. Suffix - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns and adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry grammatical information (inflectional endings) or lexical information (derivational/lexical ...

  7. English prefix - Wikipedia

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    English prefixes are affixes (i.e., bound morphemes that provide lexical meaning) that are added before either simple roots or complex bases (or operands) consisting of (a) a root and other affixes, (b) multiple roots, or (c) multiple roots and other affixes. Examples of these follow: undo (consisting of prefix un-and root do)

  8. List of artists featured on MTV Unplugged - Wikipedia

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    Best R&B Song – "Unbreakable" Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance – "If I Was Your Woman" 2007 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2008 to Ricky Martin. Album of the Year – Unplugged; Record of the Year – "Tu Recuerdo" 2008 – Latin Grammy Awards of 2008 to Julieta Venegas. Record of the Year – "El Presente" Song of the Year – "El Presente"

  9. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    Feminine names are usually derived from masculine ones by a suffix -ová (Nováková) or -á for names being originally adjectives (Veselá), sometimes with a little change of original name's ending (Sedláčková from Sedláček or Svobodová from Svoboda). Women usually change their family names when they get married.