ses, however, the nature of these compounds is self-explanantory, and their meanings are quite comprehensible even for those who encounter them for the first time.that compound nouns usually appear as two separate words, only those more commonly used, those found in every-day language, and usually compounds with no more than three syllables are found as one word. Hyphens (-) between the segments of a compound noun are absolutely exceptional. Examples: (the sill attached under a window), shopwindow (a shop's window), doorkey (a key for the door), bookpage (a page in a book), silverspoon (a spoon made of silver), waterpipe (a pipe that carries water), dockyard (a yard for docks), fireman (somebody who fights fire), wallpaper ("paper" one glues to walls), Independence Day (anniversary of the Declaration of Independence), office supply (goods for office use ), water shortage (shortage of water), labour riot (employees rioting Verb + Nounverbs describe what is done with an object or what a subject "does", in short, a new noun is formed, usually referring to something concrete, and the verb defines the action related to it: + Noun = Noun: draw + bridge = drawbridge.drawbridge is a bridge that can be inclined in order to allow ships to pass, or "drawn". Here, the noun is the direct object . = a man who carries out "dirty jobs", or, who "hits". Here, the word as part of speech is the subject.that, both segments can be related in other ways, ie the noun may stand for a adverb of place: walkway = people walk on the walkway.
Noun + Adjectiveand adjectives can also be compounded in the opposite order: + Adjective = Adjective + shy = camera-shy (Shy in respect of appearing or speaking before cameras). this case, the resultant is an adjective , while the noun explaines the objective.possibility is that the noun supports the adjective, ie as an intensifier: cheap = cheap as dirt; paper-thin = thin as paperrules do also apply to the linking of nouns and participial adjectives: speaking; soul-destroying; frost-bittencommon and shorter compounds appear as one word whereas those longer and less common are linked by a hyphen. More examples of all subtypes: (proof or resistant against water), seaworthy (a ship withstanding the dangers of the sea), airworthy (an aircraft safely flyable), blameworthy (a person deserving blame), bookworthy (something worth being published), trustworthy (somebody who can be trusted.
Other Compounds
There are various other types of compounds. A selection of which is shown below. + Adjective: bitter-sweet, deaf-mute, aural-oral, Anglo-Saxon
Adjective + Participle: far-reaching, far fetched, narrow-minded, single-minded, high-climbing, low-yielding, red-painted, bare-handed.compounds are fairly frequent in Ukrainian, but they play a subordinate part in word formation. In substantives, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs, compou...
