-ов

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See also: ов and Appendix:Variations of "ov"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ов • (-ov) m

  1. 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”)
  2. ’s, -son, -s (possessive suffix)
    Петров ― Petrov ― Peter’s, Peters, Peterson
    Петров кон ― Petrov kon ― Peter’s horse

Derived terms

Bulgarian terms suffixed with -ов

Related terms

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.

Suffix

-ов • (-ov)

  1. 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)
  2. ’s, -son, -s (possessive suffix).
    Петров ― Petrov ― Peter’s, Peters, Peterson
    Петров коњ ― Petrov konj ― Peter’s horse
Related terms

Etymology 2

From enclitic овој (ovoj, “this”), from Proto-Slavic *ovъ.

Suffix

-ов • (-ov)

  1. 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

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic -овъ (-ovŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.

Suffix

-ов • (-ov)

  1. Forms possessive adjectives
    ‎дед (ded, “grandfather”) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎де́дов (dédov, “grandfather's”)
  2. 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)
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative -ов
-ov 		-ово
-ovo 		-ова
-ova 		-овы
-ovy
genitive -ова
-ova 		-овой
-ovoj 		-овых
-ovyx
dative -ову
-ovu 		-овой
-ovoj 		-овым
-ovym
accusative animate -ова
-ova 		-ово
-ovo 		-ову
-ovu 		-овых
-ovyx
inanimate -ов
-ov 		-овы
-ovy
instrumental -овым
-ovym 		-овой, -овою
-ovoj, -ovoju 		-овыми
-ovymi
prepositional -овом
-ovom 		-овой
-ovoj 		-овых
-ovyx
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Komi-Zyrian: ов (ov)

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)

  1. 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)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting an animal or to form a pejorative.
  2. Suffix appended to words to create a possessive form of masculine nouns.
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