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Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic -овъ (-ovŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.
Suffix
-ів • (-iv)
- Forms possessive adjectives of hard-, velar-, soft-, and semisoft-stem personal masculine nouns
- брат (brat, “brother”) + -ів (-iv) → бра́тів (brátiv, “brother's”)
- ба́тько (bátʹko, “father”) + -ів (-iv) → ба́тьків (bátʹkiv, “father's”)
- Іва́н (Iván, “Ivan”) + -ів (-iv) → Іва́нів (Ivániv, “Ivan's”)
- учи́тель (učýtelʹ, “teacher”) + -ів (-iv) → учи́телів (učýteliv, “teacher's”)
- утіка́ч (utikáč, “fugitive”) + -ів (-iv) → утіка́чів (utikáčiv, “fugitive's”)
- Лука́ш (Lukáš, “Lukash”) + -ів (-iv) → Лука́шів (Lukášiv, “Lukash's”)
Declension
For hard- and velar-stem nouns:
For soft- and semisoft-stem nouns:
- -їв (-jiv) — for j-stem nouns (nouns ending in й (j))
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
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Suffix
-ів • (-iv)
- Genitive plural desinence of most hard-, velar-, soft-, and semisoft-stem masculine nouns
- стіл (stil, “table”) + -ів (-iv) → столі́в (stolív)
- урок (urok, “lesson”) + -ів (-iv) → уро́ків (urókiv)
- телефо́н (telefón, “telephone”) + -ів (-iv) → телефо́нів (telefóniv)
- нуль (nulʹ, “zero”) + -ів (-iv) → нулі́в (nulív)
- кіне́ць (kinécʹ, “ending”) + -ів (-iv) → кінці́в (kincív)
- біль (bilʹ, “pain”) + -ів (-iv) → бо́лів (bóliv)
- меч (meč, “sword”) + -ів (-iv) → мечі́в (mečív)
- пейза́ж (pejzáž, “landscape”) + -ів (-iv) → пейза́жів (pejzáživ)
Usage notes
- With j-stem nouns (nouns ending in й (j)), -їв (-jiv) usually occurs instead.