Morphological composition of the adjective.Adjectives are divided into simple, derivative and compound. 1. Simple adjectives are adjectives which have neither prefixes nor suffixes. They are indecomposable: e. g. good, red, black. 2. Derivative adjectives are adjectives which have derivative elements, suffixes or prefixes or both: beautiful, foolish, hopeless, unkind, unimportant. Productive adjective-forming suffixes are: -less: friendless, harmless, hopeless -like: childlike -ish: childish, foolish -ed (-d): beaded Unproductive suffixes are: -ful: careful -ent: dependent -ible: responsible -en: woolen -ous: dangerous -some: troublesome Productive adjective-forming prefixes are: un-: unhappy pre-: prewar The unproductive prefix of the adjective is: in-/ir-/im-: incorrect, irregular, improper 3. Compound adjectives are adjectives built from two or more stems. The main types of compound adjectives are as follows: 1. noun-stem + adjective-stem: snow-white. 2. noun-stem + participle-stem: life-giving, smoke-dried. 3. adjective-stem + adjective-stem: deaf-mute. 4. adjective-stem + noun-stem + suffix -ed: cold-hearted. 5. noun-stem + noun-stem + suffix -ed: lynx-eyed. 6. numeral-stem + noun-stem + suffix -ed: four-wheeled. 7. adverb-stem + noun-stem + suffix -ed: over-peopled.
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