-овна

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

  1. 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).

Declension
Declension of -овна (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative -овна
-ovna		 -овны
-ovny
genitive -овны
-ovny		 -овн
-ovn
dative -овне
-ovne		 -овнам
-ovnam
accusative -овну
-ovnu		 -овн
-ovn
instrumental -овной, -овною
-ovnoj, -ovnoju		 -овнами
-ovnami
prepositional -овне
-ovne		 -овнах
-ovnax

Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -овна
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