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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ов • (-ov) m
- of, belonging to; creates possessive adjectives.
- ябълка (jabǎlka, “an apple”) + -ов (-ov) → ябълков (jabǎlkov, “apple (adj.)”)
- право (pravo, “law”) + -ов (-ov) → правов (pravov, “legal, pertaining to law”)
- бук (buk, “oak”) + -ов (-ov) → буков (bukov, “of oak, oaken”)
- еж (ež, “hedgehog”) + -ов (-ov) → ежов (ežov, “hedgehog's”)
- ’s, -son, -s (possessive suffix)
- Петров ― Petrov ― Peter’s, Peters, Peterson
- Петров кон ― Petrov kon ― Peter’s horse
Derived terms
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.
Suffix
-ов • (-ov)
- Appended to nouns to create adjectives.
- бука (buka) + -ов (-ov) → буков (bukov)
- јастреб (jastreb) + -ов (-ov) → јастребов (jastrebov)
- јачмен (jačmen) + -ов (-ov) → јачменов (jačmenov)
- орев (orev) + -ов (-ov) → оревов (orevov)
- ’s, -son, -s (possessive suffix).
- Петров ― Petrov ― Peter’s, Peters, Peterson
- Петров коњ ― Petrov konj ― Peter’s horse
Etymology 2
From enclitic овој (ovoj, “this”), from Proto-Slavic *ovъ.
Suffix
-ов • (-ov)
- the definite article "the" in its proximate form, male gender.
- Јади го лебов ― Jadi go lebov ― Eat the bread (here); Eat this bread
- Твојов маж е пијан! ― Tvojov maž e pijan! ― This husband of yours is drunk!
See also
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak -ov, from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ. Cognates include Czech -ův and Slovak -ov.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ов (-ov)
- appended to nouns to form adjectives; -y
Usage notes
- Only -ови (-ovi) is used to form adjectives denoting colour.
Derived terms
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic -овъ (-ovŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.
Suffix
-ов • (-ov)
- Forms possessive adjectives
- дед (ded, “grandfather”) + -ов (-ov) → де́дов (dédov, “grandfather's”)
- Forms patronymic surnames
- Ива́н (Iván, “Ivan”) + -ов (-ov) → Ивано́в (Ivanóv)
- Пётр (Pjotr, “Peter”) + -ов (-ov) → Петро́в (Petróv)
- Па́вел (Pável, “Paul”) + -ов (-ov) → Па́влов (Pávlov)
- кузне́ц (kuznéc, “blacksmith”) + -ов (-ov) → Кузнецо́в (Kuznecóv)
Usage notes
- Other than with hard-stem masculine nouns, -ин (-in) occurs.
Declension
Declension of -ов (possessive)
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
From old u-stems, where Old East Slavic -овъ was a combination of the final syllable of the stem and the genitive plural desinence -ъ (-ŭ).
Suffix
-ов • (-ov)
- Genitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
Usage notes
- With soft stems, -ей (-ej) usually occurs instead.
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-ов (Latin spelling -ov)
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting an animal or to form a pejorative.
- Suffix appended to words to create a possessive form of masculine nouns.