the meaning of two words

Question

i want to know the meaning of two words"  Безызводный" "Безызгибное".These are two words from explanatory dictionary from russian dictionary.the explanation is very poor I want to now why the words are begining with " ы"i know that in russian a word cannon begin with this letter.

 

Answer 1

Hi userrussia,

These two words are not widely used. "Безызгибный" means "membranaceous" and "безызвозный", "with no carriers" (street, for example). "Безысходный" is the same tyoe of adjectives and it is more widely used, it means "hopeless".

Without the prefix "без" these words start with an "И", not with an "Ы". There is a rule in the Russian language that says that after the prefix "без" you can't use "И".

Best,
Yulia Amlinskaya,
Russian Language Teacher.