Editing Frequentative (section)

== English ==
English has ''-le'' and -''er'' as frequentative [[suffix]]es. Some frequentative verbs surviving in [[English language|English]], and their parent verbs are listed below.  Additionally, some frequentative verbs are formed by [[reduplication]] of a monosyllable (e.g., ''coo-cooing'', ''cf.'' Latin ''murmur'').  Frequentative nouns are often formed by combining two different [[apophony|vowel grades]] of the same word (as in ''teeter-totter'', ''pitter-patter'', ''chitchat''.)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! frequentative || original || suffix
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| [[:wikt:blabber|blabber]] || [[:wikt:blab|blab]] || -er
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| [[:wikt:bobble|bobble]] || [[:wikt:bob|bob]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:clamber|clamber]] || [[:wikt:climb|climb]] || -er
|-
| [[:wikt:clutter|clutter]] || [[:wikt:clot|clot]] || -er
|-
| [[:wikt:crackle|crackle]] || [[:wikt:crack|crack]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:crumble|crumble]] || [[:wikt:crumb|crumb]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:cuddle|cuddle]] || [[:wikt:couth|couth]] (ME. cudde, cuþþed, OE. cúð)|| -le
|-
| [[:wikt:curdle|curdle]] || [[:wikt:curd|curd]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:dabble|dabble]] || [[:wikt:dab|dab]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:dribble|dribble]] || [[:wikt:drip|drip]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:draggle|draggle]], [[:wikt:bedraggled|bedraggled]]  || [[:wikt:drag|drag]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:dazzle|dazzle]] || [[:wikt:daze|daze]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:fizzle|fizzle]] || [[:wikt:fizz|fizz]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:flitter|flitter]] || [[:wikt:flit|flit]] || -er
|-
| [[:wikt:flutter|flutter]] || [[:wikt:float|float]] || -er
|-
| [[:wikt:fondle|fondle]] || [[:wikt:fond|fond]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:glimmer|glimmer]] || [[:wikt:gleam|gleam]] || -er
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| [[:wikt:gobble|gobble]] || [[:wikt:gob|gob]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:gruntle|gruntle]], [[:wikt:disgruntled|disgruntled]]  || [[:wikt:grunt|grunt]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:haggle|haggle]] || [[:wikt:hag|hag]] = hew, hack || -le
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| [[:wikt:jiggle|jiggle]] || [[:wikt:jig|jig]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:jostle|jostle]] || [[:wikt:joust|joust]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:muddle|muddle]] || [[:wikt:mud|mud]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:nestle|nestle]] || [[:wikt:nest|nest]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:nuzzle|nuzzle]] || [[:wikt:nose|nose]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:paddle|paddle]] || [[:wikt:pad|pad]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:patter|patter]] || [[:wikt:pat|pat]] || -er
|-
| [[:wikt:prattle|prattle]] || [[:wikt:prate|prate]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:prickle|prickle]] || [[:wikt:prick|prick]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:pucker|pucker]] || [[:wikt:pock|pock]], [[wikt:poke|poke]] || -er
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| [[:wikt:putter|putter]] || [[:wikt:put|put]] || -er
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| [[:wikt:scuffle|scuffle]] || [[:wikt:scuff|scuff]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:scuttle|scuttle]] || [[:wikt:scud|scud]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:slither|slither]] || [[:wikt:slide|slide]] || -er
|-
| [[:wikt:sniffle|sniffle]] || [[:wikt:sniff|sniff]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:snuffle|snuffle]] || [[:wikt:snuff|snuff]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:snuggle|snuggle]] || [[:wikt:snug|snug]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:sparkle|sparkle]] || [[:wikt:spark|spark]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:spatter|spatter]] || [[:wikt:spit|spit]] || -er
|-
| [[:wikt:speckle|speckle]] || [[:wikt:speck|speck]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:straddle|straddle]] || [[:wikt:stride|stride]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:suckle|suckle]] || [[:wikt:suck|suck]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:swaddle|swaddle]] || [[:wikt:swathe|swathe]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:swagger|swagger]] || [[:wikt:swag|swag]] || -er
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| [[:wikt:swindle|swindle]] || [[:wikt:swindan|swindan]] (OE. cognate, 'to waste away') || -le
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| [[:wikt:tickle|tickle]] || [[:wikt:tick|tick]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:topple|topple]] || [[:wikt:top|top]] || -le 
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| [[:wikt:tousle|tousle]] || [[:wikt:tease|tease]] (apart) || -le
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| [[:wikt:trample|trample]] || [[:wikt:tramp|tramp]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:toggle|toggle]] || [[:wikt:tug|tug]] || -le
|-
| [[:wikt:tumble|tumble]] || [[:wikt:tumben|tumben]] (Middle English) || -le
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| [[:wikt:twinkle|twinkle]] || [[:wikt:twink|twink]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:waddle|waddle]] || [[:wikt:wade|wade]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:waggle|waggle]] || [[:wikt:wag|wag]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:wrangle|wrangle]] || [[:wikt:wring|wring]] || -le
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| [[:wikt:wrestle|wrestle]] || [[:wikt:wrest|wrest]] || -le
|}