Suffix morpheme

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A suffix morpheme is an affix that comes either after the base morpheme or another suffix.

Bound inflectional affixes in present day English:

• -s third person singular present
• -ed past tense
• -ing progressive/continuous
• -en past participle
• -s plural
• -en plural
• -'s possessive
• -er comparative
• -est superlative

Examples of bound derivational affixes in present day English:

• -ize/-ise
• -fy
• -able
• -ful
• -ness
• -ism
• -ment
• -ist