-овина

Russian Alternative forms ru -еви́на -е́вина after palatalized consonants Etymology Originally from ru -ина added to adjectives ending in ru -овый or ru -ово́й; later extracted out as its own suffix. Pronunciation -ови́на y -о́вина y Suffix ru suffix -ови́на -о́вина suffix appended to nouns, adjectives, etc. to form nouns of various sorts, generally referring to more specific objects than the base lemma ru кле́йкий sticky -ови́на клейкови́на gluten ru пуп navel -ови́на пупови́на umbilical cord ru шту́ка thing -о́вина штуко́вина thingamajig, widget colloquial ru крест cross -ови́на крестови́на crosspiece ru кресто́вый exists but refers not to crosses, but rather to crusades ru полу- half -ови́на полови́на half, moiety ru котёл cauldron stem ru котл- -ови́на котлови́на kettle, hollow geology Usage notes When added to reducible nouns, the noun assumes its reduced form before the suffix (cf. ru котлови́на above). Declension -ови́на or -о́вина Derived terms ru