-овна

Russian

Alternative forms

  • -евна (-evna) — used after a soft consonant
  • -ична (-ična) — colloquial, after a soft consonant, stressed on the stem
  • -инична (-inična) — colloquial, after a soft consonant, stressed on the ending
  • -ычна (-yčna) — colloquial, after a hard consonant

Suffix

-овна • (-ovna) f

  1. A feminine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: daughter of
    ‎Па́вел (Pável, “Paul”) + ‎-овна (-ovna) → ‎Па́вловна (Pávlovna, “daughter of Pavel (Paul)”)
    ‎Ива́н (Iván, “John”) + ‎-овна (-ovna) → ‎Ива́новна (Ivánovna, “daughter of Ivan (John)”)

Usage notes

  • The word stress may fall on the stem – Ива́новна (Ivánovna) – or on the suffix – Петро́вна (Petróvna).

Declension

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -овна
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