-ling (= l + ing); darling (from dear), duckling, suckling, hireling, gosling, fatling, firstling, nestling, underling, starveling, suckling.
-ock; bullock, hillock, paddock.
-y, -ie; lassie, Annie, Charlie, baby, Tommy, doggie.
Adjective Suffixes.
-d or -ed (originally a perfect participle-ending); hard, cold, loud: also added to nouns, as gifted, wretched, ragged, long-eared, feathered, landed.
-el or -le; fickle, brittle, little, idle, mickle (from much).
-er; lower, higher, brighter, sooner.
-er; bitter, clever.
-ern, denoting the region of the globe; northern, eastern, southern, western.
-est; lowest, highest, brightest, soonest.