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See also:nessandNess

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle English-nes,-nesse, fromOld English-nis,-nes, fromProto-West Germanic*-nassī, fromProto-Germanic*-inassuz.

This suffix was formed already in Proto-Germanic by false division of the final consonant*-n- of the preceding stem + the actual suffix*-assuz. The latter was in turn derived from an earlier*-at(s)-tuz, from the verbal suffix*-at-janą + the noun suffix*-þuz. CompareGerman-nis andDutch-nisof the same origin.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ness

  1. Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
    ‎calm + ‎-ness → ‎calmness
    ‎dark + ‎-ness → ‎darkness
    ‎kind + ‎-ness → ‎kindness
    ‎one + ‎-ness → ‎oneness
  2. Appended to words of other parts of speech to form nouns (oftennonce words or terms inphilosophy) meaning the state/quality/measure of the idea represented by these words.
    ‎that + ‎-ness → ‎thatness
    ‎tree + ‎-ness → ‎treeness
    ‎thug + ‎-ness → ‎thugness

Usage notes

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  • If an adjective ends in-y, then this changes to-i- when-ness is suffixed. This occurs both when the-y is the suffix-y(“having the quality of”), as inmess →messy →messiness (hence-y →-i-), but also in other cases, as incomely →comeliness. It does not, however, usually occur when the-y is part of the root, as inspry →spryness.
  • Plurals are formed by adding-es, e.g.happiness →happinesses.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being..."

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Suffix

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-ness

  1. Alternative form of-nesse

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ness

  1. Alternative form of-nes

Declension

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Strongō-stem:

singularplural
nominative-ness-nessa,-nesse
accusative-nesse-nessa,-nesse
genitive-nesse-nessa
dative-nesse-nessum

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle English-nes,-nesse, fromOld English-nis,-nes, fromProto-West Germanic*-nassī.

Suffix

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-ness

  1. Affixed toadjectives to form abstract nouns which denote aquality,state orcondition.
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