-fy denotes to make (from facio), magnify, terrify, qualify, signify.
-ish; nourish, perish, cherish, finish, flourish, banish, punish.
-ite, -ete, -t; expedite, delete, perfect, conduct, reflect, connect.
6. GREEK.
Noun Suffixes.
-et, -t, -ete, -ate, denote the agent; poet, prophet, athlete, comet, planet, apostate, æsthete(?), patriot.
-isk has diminutive signification; asterisk, obelisk.
-ism denotes the result of an action; deism, fatalism, egotism, criticism, aneurism.
-ist denotes the agent; baptist, sophist, evangelist.
-ma, -em, -me, -m, denote the result of an action; diorama, drama, dogma, system, scheme, theme, diadem, phlegm, enema.