Suffixes in Hebrew
There are several suffixes in Hebrew that are appended to regular words to introduce a new meaning. Suffixes are used in the Hebrew language to form plurals of nouns and adjectives, in verb conjugation of grammatical tense, and to indicate possession and direct objects. They are also used for the construct noun form. The letters which form these suffixes are called "formative letters".
Gender and number
Due to noun-adjective agreement rules, these apply to nouns and to adjectival modifiers. In some cases, a masculine plural noun will have a feminine plural suffix and vice versa, but the adjectival modifiers are always the same.| Suffix | Meaning | Examples |
| feminine singular | susa susa tova | |
| masculine plural | susim susim tovim | |
| feminine plural | susot susot tovot | |
| masculine and feminine noun dual form | yadayim |
Loanwords
These suffixes often come from loanwords from English which are especially prevalent with technical and academic terms.| Suffix | Origin | Hebrew | Meaning | Examples |
| -graphy | Ladino | - -grafya | field of study; writing | geografya geographyqaligrafya calligraphy |
| -ic/-ical | Biblical Hebrew/ English | ִ- i | of or pertaining to | nostalgi nostalgic politi political miti mythicmolequlari molecularqavi linear |
| -ian/-an/-ish | Biblical Hebrew/ English | ִ- i | belonging to | rusi Russianutopi utopian germani Germanbriti Britishpolitiqai politicianqomiqai comedian |
| -ism | English | - -izm | movement; discriminatory belief | liberalizm liberalismseqsizm sexism |
| -kinesis | Greek | - -qinezis | movement, motion | teleqinezis telekinesis psikhoqinezis psychokinesis |
| -logy | Ladino | - -logya | branch of learning | biyologya biologytrilogya trilogy |
| -mania | Greek | - -manya | obsession | piromanya pyromaniaqleptomanya kleptomania |
| -maniac | English | - -man | person with obsession | piroman pyromaniacqleptoman kleptomaniac |
| -oid | English | - -oid | similar, but not the same | android androidhumanoid humanoid |
| -onym | English | - -onim | name | eponim eponym hetronim heteronym |
| -scope | English | - -sqop | instrument for viewing | telesqop telescopemiqrosqop microscope |
| -esque | French | - -esqa | resembling | burlesqa burlesquehumoresqa humoresquegrotesqi grotesque |
| -y | Ladino | - -ya | having the quality of | qomedya comedyhistorya historyfilosofya philosophy |
| -meter | English | - -meter | measuring device; units of measure | barometer barometerqilometer kilometer |
| -nik | Yiddish/Russian | - nik | one connected with | moshavniq moshav member/resident nudniq bothersome person |