SpeechLESS, HairLESS . fairNESS > What do "-LESS and -NESS" mean ?

Question

Hello!
1- e.g : Hairless, Does it mean that they have NO-hair ?
Speechless = Silent <-?

2- Also :
"Ness" . like fairNESS
there are alot of words ends with NESS and LESS so what do these mean ?

any explanation ? please .

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so am I really still stupid ? oh i dont really feel so!. hehe .

Answer 1

"-ness" would mean something like "state of being".
"-less" means "without".

For example, "speechlessness" would mean "the state of being without speech"

Answer 2

these are suffixes ( semi word that attched to the end of the word) less means without , ness means with so is ful,
careless= with negelcance
careful= with care

hairless has no hair
speechless = doenst mean sielt it means wasnt able to speak coz was shocked terrified impressed angry or surprised...
chec oxford dictionary shodul help u alot
u d see alot of these some are prefixes that comes in the bigening( un, in , im , de....) some are suffixes coem in the end(ful, less, ness,ly,tion,......
good luck

Answer 3

-ness : suffix forming nouns from adjectives, expressing:

1-state or condition, or an instance of this (e.g. kindness).

2- something in a certain state (wilderness).

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-less: suffix forming adjectives and adverbs:

1- from nouns, meaning ‘not having, without, free from’ (e.g. hairless).

2- from verbs, meaning ‘not accessible to, affected by, or performing the action of the verb’ (e.g. ceaseless).