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Russian
Pronunciation
Interfix
-и- • (-i-)
- Interfix used to form compound nouns and adjectives, when the first part is a verb or number.
- верте́ть (vertétʹ, “to turn, to twist”) + -и- (-i-) + ше́я (šéja, “neck”) + -ка (-ka) → вертише́йка (vertišéjka, “wryneck (type of bird)”)
- владе́ть (vladétʹ, “to possess, to be master of”) + -и- (-i-) + восто́к (vostók, “the East”) → Владивосто́к (Vladivostók, “Vladivostok”)
- шесть (šestʹ, “six”) + -и- (-i-) + у́гол (úgol, “corner, angle”) + -ник (-nik) → шестиуго́льник (šestiugólʹnik, “hexagon”)
- пяти́десяти (pjatídesjati, “fifty”, genitive) + -и- (-i-) + ле́то (léto, “summer”) ("years" in the plural) + -ний (-nij) → пятидесятиле́тний (pjatidesjatilétnij, “(relational) fifty-year; fifty-year-old”)
Usage notes
- The first part of the compound is normally a verb or cardinal number, and loses its ending, back to the final consonant of the stem. If a cardinal number, the number appears in its genitive form, if the stem is different from the nominative stem.
- The second part of the compound is normally a noun.
Derived terms
See also
- -о- (-o-), -е- (-e-) (more common compounding interfixes)