Breakdown of Этот флакон содержит богатейшую композицию эфирных экстрактов.
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
богатый
rich
содержать
to contain
эфирный
essential
экстракт
extract
композиция
composition
флакон
bottle (small, for perfume or medicine)
Questions & Answers about Этот флакон содержит богатейшую композицию эфирных экстрактов.
How exactly is the superlative богатейшую formed from богатый in this sentence?
It uses the morphological superlative suffix -ейш-. We take the stem of богатый (rich), drop the standard ending, and add -ейш- to make богатейший. Since it describes the feminine accusative noun композицию, it takes the feminine accusative ending -ую, becoming богатейшую.
Why doesn't the stem consonant т in богатый mutate here to take the -айш- suffix?
While adjectives ending in velar consonants like к, г, or х usually undergo mutation and take the -айш- suffix (for example, строгий becomes строжайший), the т in богатый does not mutate. It simply takes the standard -ейш- suffix.
Why does the sentence use эфирных for essential, rather than a word like существенных?
In the context of cosmetics, perfumes, and oils, essential translates to эфирный (which literally means ethereal or volatile). A word like существенный means essential in the sense of crucial or fundamental, which does not make sense when describing physical plant extracts.
Which case is эфирных экстрактов, and why is it used here?
It is in the genitive plural. This expresses the English concept of belonging or material makeup (the composition OF essential extracts). In Russian, linking a noun to another noun in this way requires the genitive case for the second phrase.
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