-ness
state or quality of
Old English · -nes
Added to adjectives to make nouns naming a state or quality: kind + ness = kindness. It works with almost any adjective, even long ones, and it is easy to spell: just add ness.
Memory trick
-ness is a name tag: it turns a quality into a thing you can talk about.
Words from this root
- kindness (kind + ness) — the quality of being kindदयालुता
- happiness (happi + ness) — the state of being happyखुशी
- darkness (dark + ness) — absence of lightअंधकार
- sadness (sad + ness) — the feeling of being unhappyउदासी
- goodness (good + ness) — the quality of being goodअच्छाई
- illness (ill + ness) — a state of poor healthबीमारी
- awareness (aware + ness) — knowing that something existsजागरूकता
- weakness (weak + ness) — lack of strengthकमज़ोरी
- fitness (fit + ness) — good physical conditionसेहत, तंदुरुस्ती
- loneliness (lonely + ness) — sadness of being aloneअकेलापन
- politeness (polite + ness) — good mannersविनम्रता
- willingness (willing + ness) — readiness to do somethingतैयारी, इच्छा