-endlic

Old English

Etymology

Combined form, created from -ende (present participle ending) +‎ -līċ (“-ly, like”) and from -end (agent suffix, ultimately from the present participle) +‎ -līċ (“-ly, like”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /end.liːt͡ʃ/

Suffix

-endlīċ

1. forming adjectives from verbs with the sense of "able to, capable of"

   ācumendlīc ― possible (literally, “able to arrive or come about”)

   būgendlīc ― capable of bending, bendable, flexible

Descendants

• Middle English: -endlic, -endlice, -andlic, -endliȝ, -andlike