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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 Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Czech -ův 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
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.