-dad

Etymology
. From the repeated. Originally, it was a diminutive suffix (cf. ). Today it is used to express similarity just like the suffixes and.

Suffix

 * 1)  similar to, sort of, -like, resembling, in the nature of.

Usage notes

 * Variants:
 *  is added to back-vowel words
 *  is added to front-vowel words

Etymology
, from, from.

Suffix

 * 1) ; -ity

Usage notes

 * The bare form -dad only comes after the letters l or n. Adjectives ending in and two syllable adjectives take the form . Adjectives ending in  take the form . Adjectives with three or more syllables take the  form.