-ovina

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See also: ovina and Óvína

Czech

Etymology

Probably from -ový + -ina.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ovina f (noun-forming suffix)

  1. forms nouns from nouns
    ‎bílek (“egg white, albumen”) + ‎-ovina → ‎bílkovina (“protein”)
    ‎líh (“ethanol, spirit”) + ‎-ovina → ‎lihovina (“liquor”)
    ‎mlha (“fog, mist”) + ‎-ovina → ‎mlhovina (“nebula”)
    ‎moč (“urine”) + ‎-ovina → ‎močovina (“urea”)
    ‎vrch (“hill”) + ‎-ovina → ‎vrchovina (“highland”)
    ‎zvon (“bell”) + ‎-ovina → ‎zvonovina (“bell metal”)
  2. forms nouns from verbs
    ‎tisknout (“to print”) + ‎-ovina → ‎tiskovina (“printed material”)
  3. forms nouns from numerals
    ‎půl (“half”, numeral) + ‎-ovina → ‎polovina (“half”, noun)

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -ovina

Further reading

  • -ovina in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
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