Breakdown of Паспарту лежит под антибликовым стеклом.
лежать
to lie
под
under
паспарту
the picture mat; mount
антибликовое стекло
the anti-reflective glass
Questions & Answers about Паспарту лежит под антибликовым стеклом.
What does паспарту mean grammatically, and why doesn’t it change its ending?
Паспарту is an indeclinable noun in Russian. That means its form stays the same in all cases.
In this sentence, it is the subject, so it is functioning as nominative singular, but the word still looks exactly the same: паспарту.
This is common with some borrowed words in Russian.
What case is антибликовым стеклом, and why?
It is in the instrumental case.
That happens because the preposition под can take different cases:
- instrumental for location: under
- accusative for motion toward/under something
Here the mat is already located under the glass, so Russian uses под + instrumental:
- под антибликовым стеклом = under anti-glare glass
Why is it под антибликовым стеклом, but sometimes I see под стекло?