-ów

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See also: ow, ów, -ow, and 'ow

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔːf/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /of/

Suffix

-ów

  1. Alternative form of -owy

Derived terms

Old Polish terms suffixed with -ów

Descendants

  • Polish: -ów

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -ów, from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ; doublet of -owy. Archaic noun ending used to create possessive forms, equivalent to English 's or of. For instance, Bolków literally means "Bolko's" or "of Bolko". Cognate with Russian -ов (-ov), Ukrainian -ів (-iv), Belarusian -аў (-aŭ) (unstressed)/-оў (-oŭ) (stressed). In modern Polish, the same ending is used for genitive plurals of masculine nouns. Compare Czech -ův.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uf/
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  • Rhymes: -uf
  • Syllabification: ów
  • Homophones: ów, uf

Suffix

-ów

  1. used to create village and town names, especially in south Poland
  2. Middle Polish form of -owy

Declension

Declension of -ów
singular
nominative -ów
genitive -owa
dative -owowi
accusative -ów
instrumental -owem
locative -owie
vocative -owie

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -ów

Further reading

  • -ów in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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