Word Stress Summary part 7: Suffixes

Word Stress Summary part 7 - Suffix: word ending
DO NOT change the stress of the root word with these word endings:
Suffix Example
-er TEACHer
-en LENGTHen
-ful GRATEful
-hood PARENThood
-ish TICKELish
-less ENDless
-ly LOVEly
-ship FRIENDship
-able LIKEable
-dom KINGdom
-ess WAItress
-ling DUCKling
-some HANDsome
-wise LIKEwise
-y STICKy
-or CONtractor
-ing COMing
Stress falls 1 syllable before these word endings:
Suffix Example Ruden Phonetics
-ic geoGRAPHic /jee'uj'graf'ik/
-ical ecoLOgical /ekulojikul/
-ify SPECify /spesifI/
-omy eCONomy /eekonumee/
-ogy biOLogy /bIolujee/
-edy REMedy /remudee/
-istry CHEMistry /kemustree/
-metry geOmetry /jeeomutree/
-ive reSPONsive /responsiv/
-ity comMUNity /kumyoonidee/
-tion creAtion /kreeAshun/
-ion tuItion /tooishun/
-ious conTAGious /kuntAjus/
-ily HAPPily /hapulee/
-eous couRAGeous /kerAjus/
-able dePENDable /deependubul/
-ible forMIDable /fOrmidubul/
-ophy ATrophy /atrufee/
-graphy geOgraphy /jeeogrufee/
-ogist biOLogist /bIolujist/
-cian phySIcian /fizishun/
-meter speeDOmeter /spudomider/
-ogist psyCHOLogist /sIkolujist/
-man SALESman /sAlzmin/
***Exceptions: COMfortable, VEGetable, IRritable, comPETitive, conSEcutive, maNIpulative.
see Word Stress Summary 7a: Suffixes and sentences
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