Воздушно-пузырчатая плёнка защищает очки.

The bubble wrap protects the glasses.

Breakdown of Воздушно-пузырчатая плёнка защищает очки.

• защищать: to protect
• очки: the glasses
• воздушно-пузырчатая плёнка: the bubble wrap

Questions & Answers about Воздушно-пузырчатая плёнка защищает очки.

What does воздушно-пузырчатая плёнка mean literally?

Literally, it means something like air-bubbly film:

• воздушно- = air-related
• пузырчатая = bubbly, full of bubbles
• плёнка = film, sheet, thin plastic layer

Together, this is the standard Russian term for bubble wrap.

Why is воздушно-пузырчатая hyphenated?

It is a compound adjective. Russian often uses a hyphen when two descriptive elements are joined into one adjective.

Here, the idea is roughly:

• воздушно- = air-
• пузырчатая = bubble-like / bubbly

So the whole adjective acts as one unit modifying плёнка.

Why does воздушно-пузырчатая end in -ая?

Because it agrees with плёнка.

In Russian, adjectives must match the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, плёнка is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative

So the adjective also takes the feminine singular nominative ending -ая:

• воздушно-пузырчатая плёнка

What form is защищает?