Meaning of -ad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. show the action of a verb or its result
   masculine, morpheme
2. suffix indicating an agent noun: -er, -or
   masculine, morpheme
3. -ate, suffix denoting one of a group of related compounds - nitrad (“nitrate”), sylffad (“sulfate”).
   masculine, morpheme
4. person who comes from somewhere or is classed by something, -ian, -ist
   masculine, morpheme

Equivalents

Examples

“dechrau (“to start, to begin”) + -ad → dechreuad (“start, beginning”)”

“teimlo (“to feel”) + -ad → teimlad (“feeling”)”

“dileu (“to delete, to erase”) + -ad → dilead (“deletion, erasure”)”

“cadw (“to keep”) + -ad → ceidwad (“keeper”)”

“galw (“to call”) + -ad → geilwad (“caller”)”

“Ewrop (“Europe”) + -ad → Ewropead (“European”)”

“Corea (“Korea”) + -ad → Coread (“Korean”)”

“Norwy (“Norway”) + -ad → Norwyad (“Norwegian”)”

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