I couldn't understand the suffixes(endings) of the words written in bold in the following sentence.
э́то мои́ но́вые Англо-ру́сские словари́.
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Англо-ру́сские словари́
The adjective "англо-русский" is a single word. Therefore it has only one ending "-ий" (pl. "-ие"). Its first part should not be declined. The same holds with "русско-английские словари", for example.
But if it's written in two separate words then both are to be declined: "английские и русские словари" (note that it means a totally different thing though).
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thank you for the explanation. But what about the -о ending in русско? what is that and what is it used for?– xpr34Commented Nov 23, 2016 at 7:02
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3@xpr34 Technically this "о" is not an ending. It's a special "connecting vowel" which is used to paste both adjectives together.– MattCommented Nov 23, 2016 at 7:20
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9@xpr34 -o- here is the connecting vowel, like in "thermodynamics", "thermonuclear", "psychosomatic", "astrophysics", "Russo-Japanese", "Afro-American", "Anglo-French".– AnixxCommented Nov 23, 2016 at 8:08
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1@xpr34 You may find 3 connecting vowels used in Russian words -о-, -е-, -у-– VitalyCommented Nov 24, 2016 at 14:24
It means dictionary translate from English to Russian.Русско-английский - translate from Russian to English.
Англо-русский словарь - one diсtionary
Англо-русские словари - many dictionaries
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