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-овна
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Russian
Alternative forms
ru -евна used after a soft consonant
ru -ична colloquial, after a soft consonant, stressed on the stem
ru -инична colloquial, after a soft consonant, stressed on the ending
ru -ычна colloquial, after a hard consonant
Suffix
ru suffix f
a feminine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: daughter of
ru Па́вел Paul Па́вловна daughter of Pavel (Paul)
ru Ива́н John Ива́новна daughter of Ivan (John)
Usage notes
The word stress may fall on the stem – ru Ива́новна – or on the suffix – ru Петро́вна.
Declension
-овна an
Derived terms
ru
ru noun-forming suffixes
Ukrainian
Suffix
uk suffix form -о́вна
uk -овний nom//voc f s