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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
- 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).
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