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Lesson 7 of 10

Hyphens: equal bases, source hyphens, shades, and directions

A hyphen commonly links coordinate bases, preserves a hyphenated source, or marks conventional shade/direction formations.

  • Test whether и can join equal concepts, then check the lexical norm.
3.21 · Hyphens: equal bases, source hyphens, shades, and directions · table 1
TypeExampleReason
equal domainsнау́чно-техни́ческийscientific and technical
languagesру́сско-англи́йскийRussian and English
hyphenated sourceсе́веро-за́падныйсе́веро-за́пад
proper sourceнью-йо́ркскийНью-Йо́рк
colour shadeсве́тло-си́ний, я́рко-кра́сныйshade/intensity
taste combinationки́сло-сла́дкийcoordinated tastes
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3.21 · Hyphens: equal bases, source hyphens, shades, and directions · table 1

equal domains · нау́чно-техни́ческий · scientific and technicallanguages · ру́сско-англи́йский · Russian and English
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