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I couldn't understand the suffixes(endings) of the words written in bold in the following sentence.

э́то мои́ но́вые Англо-ру́сские словари́.

V.V.
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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? – xpr34 Nov 23 '16 at 07:02
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    @xpr34 Technically this "о" is not an ending. It's a special "connecting vowel" which is used to paste both adjectives together. – Matt Nov 23 '16 at 07:20
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    @xpr34 -o- here is the connecting vowel, like in "thermodynamics", "thermonuclear", "psychosomatic", "astrophysics", "Russo-Japanese", "Afro-American", "Anglo-French". – Anixx Nov 23 '16 at 08:08
  • A good question. – V.V. Nov 23 '16 at 09:02
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    @xpr34 You may find 3 connecting vowels used in Russian words -о-, -е-, -у- – Vitaly Nov 24 '16 at 14:24
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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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