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Russian Pronunciation Interfix ru interfix Interfix used to form compound nouns and adjectives, when the first part is a verb or number. ru верте́ть to turn, to twist -и- ше́я neck -ка вертише́йка wryneck type of bird ru владе́ть to possess, to be master of -и- восто́к the East Владивосто́к Vladivostok ru шесть six -и- у́гол corner, angle -ник шестиуго́льник hexagon ru пятьдесят пяти́десяти fifty genitive -и- ле́то summer "years" in the plural -ний пятидесятиле́тний 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 ru -и- See also ru -о-, ru -е- more common compounding interfixes Ukrainian Etymology uk inter :inh sla-pro:*-i- ++ Cognate with pl -y-, ru -и-. Pronunciation Interfix uk interfix Interfix used to form compound nouns and adjectives, when the first part is a verb or number. uk вертіти to turn, to twist -и- ши́я neck -ка вертиши́йка wryneck type of bird uk шість six -и- кут corner, angle -ник шестикутник hexagon uk п'ятдесят п'яти́десяти fifty genitive -и- рік year -ний п'ятидесятирі́чний 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 uk -и- See also uk -о-, uk -е- more common compounding interfixes