Word: enlightenments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: en
ligh
ten
ments
Definition: Plural of enlightenment; the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
Morphemes:
Affix: en-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: an intensifier; a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, into
Affix: light
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
Affix: -en
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).