Double consonant in the root of the word: rules, examples

The double consonant in the root of the word is found in foreign borrowings and words of native Russian origin. Rules and examples are presented in the article.

Double "W"

The double consonant in the root of the word is written in such words as burning, yeast, buzzing, juniper . But such cases should not be confused with the combination of the sounds “g” and “z”. Example:

1. Every evening a huge German shepherd ran out to meet him and began to scream unnaturally and mournfully.
2. It became increasingly difficult to come to him, because the driver of the only bus in this city ignored the schedule posted at the bus stop.
3. It is dark in the courtyard of his house, only a light that barely squeaks from the window of the outbuilding illuminates the road.
4. The teacher went into the audience and the first thing he posted on the board was a cerebellum diagram.

Double C

Double consonants "ss" are written in words such as cashier, assorted, passenger, cassette, class, compromise . The spelling of these lexical units must be remembered. This double consonant in the root of the word is written in foreign borrowings. With the exception of a token quarrel and words that are cognate with it. Examples:

1. By old age, her character deteriorated to such an extent that she managed to quarrel with all relatives.
2. The neighbors who had quarreled that day no longer spent energy on scandals, but remained silent for almost three years, as if a cold war had been declared between them.

Doubled “” is also written in such words as a poetess, stewardess .

Compound words

Double consonants are written in words formed from two parts. But only if the first ends with the same consonant with which the second begins. Examples: maternity hospital, head physician.

If the first part in a compound word is formed from a lexical unit in which there is a double consonant, only one is written. Examples:

1. In the dilapidated barn, which was located behind the house, more than a hundred phonograph records , released about a hundred years ago, a pair of crushed chairs and other unnecessary junk were stored.
2. Three came into the office, one of whom introduced himself as a grouporg. The posts of others sounded just as mysterious.
3. The writer was formerly a Konarmaite , and for how honestly he portrayed the class struggle he witnessed in 1938, he was shot and called the traitor to his homeland.

Names

With double consonants, full forms of some names are written. Diminutive forms - with one consonant. Examples:

1. The youngest daughter, Alka , was a restless and overly curious child.
2. Cyril grew quickly and increasingly asked parents uncomfortable questions.
3. Anka was a simple, peasant-like woman.

In the above examples, there are names with double consonants: Alla, Cyril, Anna . The spelling of the full and diminutive forms is different.

Adjectives

In words that are formed from nouns, the double consonant in the root of the word is stored and written immediately before the suffix. Examples:

1. Parents got used to the five-point system and for a long time could not figure out how to praise or punish their son for the fact that in his diary, next to the teacher’s signature, were the numbers “6”, “7” and “8”.
2. All these tribes united in the so-called th Hunnic union.
3. He did not like to discuss and, if possible, tried to make a compromise decision.

The same can be said of the diminutive form of the noun. Examples:

1. The cemetery on which the figures of Soviet and Russian culture rest, the foreigners left. There was only a group of sedate, but inquisitive Japanese.
2. He did not like the performance, and therefore, during the first act, he looked tiredly at the program and thought about his own.
3. The telegram - and this is exactly what the message of such frivolous content can be called - was brought in the evening by a tired and, as always, an annoyed postman.

At the junction of the root and the prefix

Nouns in which the prefix ends with the same letter that the root begins are also written with double consonants. Examples:

1. For a long time no one paid attention to his appeals , and therefore he had to leave the rostrum.
2. He learned to fake his father’s signature in the third grade.
3. The pedagogical views of this educator had nothing to do with the theories of Makarenko and Soroka-Rosinsky.

Borrowing

Writing words of foreign origin with double consonants should be remembered. Examples:

1. Vincent Timofeevich served as a college assessor .
2. Oxygen cylinders were forbidden to use both at home and in offices.
3. On the platform, he met her husband and was suddenly afraid that the journey that had been planned for so long would fail.
4. The boardwalk was covered with a thin layer of early clear snow.
5. The idyll that reigned in their house for almost five years, as it turned out, was imaginary.

One consonant

There are words in Russian in which double consonants are often mistakenly written. Perhaps the thing is that these lexical units, as a rule, have a foreign language origin. For example: balustrade, dealer, vernissage, amateur.