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противоестественными

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9 syllables
20 characters
Russian
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9syllables

противоестественными

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

про-ти-во-ес-те-ст-вен-ны-ми

Pronunciation

/prətʲɪvɐˈjɛstvʲɪnːɨmʲɪ/

Stress

000010000

Morphemes

про- + -ест- + -тив-ны-ми

The word 'противоестественными' is an adjective with nine syllables, stressed on the penultimate syllable. Syllabification follows the principle of maximizing onsets, breaking consonant clusters to create syllables with single consonant onsets. The word is morphologically complex, built from a prefix, root, and multiple suffixes.

Definitions

adjective
  1. 1

    Contrary to nature; unnatural; artificial.

    Unnatural, artificial, contrary to nature

    “Его поведение было совершенно противоестественным.”

    “Противоестественные цвета в картине создавали тревожное впечатление.”

    syn:искусственными (iskusstvennymi)неестественными (neestestvennymi)
    ant:естественными (yestestvennymi)

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('те' in 'естественными').

Syllables

9
про/prə/
ти/tʲɪ/
во/vɐ/
ес/jɛ/
те/st/
ст/st/
вен/vʲɪn/
ны/nːɨ/
ми/mʲɪ/

про — Open syllable, onset 'pr'. ти — Open syllable, onset 'tʲ'. во — Open syllable, onset 'v'. ес — Open syllable, onset 'jɛ'. те — Closed syllable, onset 'st'. ст — Closed syllable, onset 'st'. вен — Closed syllable, onset 'vʲ'. ны — Closed syllable, onset 'nː'. ми — Open syllable, onset 'mʲ'

Word Parts

pre

про-

Old Slavic, indicates direction 'against', 'contrary to'

root

-ест-

From *естественный* - natural, Indo-European root *h₂ésti* meaning 'to be'

suf

-тив-ны-ми

Latin via Polish/German -тив- forms adjectives with a negative connotation; -ны- adjectival plural ending; -ми dative/instrumental plural ending

Similar Words

е­сте­ст­вен­ныйпро­ти­во­по­лож­ныйне­при­выч­ны­ми

Maximizing Onsets

Consonant clusters are broken up to create syllables with a single consonant onset whenever possible.

Vowel Following Consonant

Syllables are formed around a vowel preceded by one or more consonants.

  • Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables is a significant phonetic feature but does not affect the orthographic syllable division.
  • The long consonant 'н' in 'ны' is a result of the morphological process of forming the plural.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/11/2025

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