英语过去时和过去分词的后缀。某些过去分词也可以作为形容词。如:
absorb—absorbed
accredit—accredited
accustom—accustomed
affect—affected
anguished—anguished
betroth—betrothed
bewitch—bewitched
confess—confessed
concern—concerned
content—contented
enamour—enamoured
heat—heated
piss—pissed
vest—vested
也可以附在名词后构成形容词,如:
talent—talented
money—moneyed
bigot—bigoted
intention—intentioned
precedent—precedented
wretch—wretched
用于构成部分动词(尤其是以e结尾的动词)的过去时或者过去分词。某些过去分词也可以作为形容词。如:
bedraggle—bedraggled
celebrate—celebrated
cultivate—cultivated
deserve—deserved
disease—diseased
disgruntle—disgruntled
fate—fated
hear—heard
practise—practised
resolve—resolved
separate—separated
souse—soused
waste—wasted
也可以附在名词后构成形容词,如:shrew—shrewd。
还可以构成表示状态的名词,如:foe—feud。
用于构成过去时或过去分词,如:dream—dreamt。
用以构成相当于过去分词的形容词,如:cover—covert,skin—skint。
用以构成名词,相当于名词化的过去分词:restrain—restraint[28] 。
源于拉丁语过去分词的形容词也可能以-t结尾,如distinct源于拉丁语distinguere的过去分词distinctus。[13]
用以构成过去分词,如:eat—eaten。