-овина

Russian

Alternative forms

• -еви́на (-evína), -е́вина (-évina) — after palatalized consonants

Etymology

Originally from -ина (-ina) added to adjectives ending in -овый (-ovyj) or -ово́й (-ovój); later extracted out as its own suffix.

Pronunciation

• -ови́на: IPA^(key): [ɐˈvʲinə]
• -о́вина: IPA^(key): [ˈovʲɪnə]

Suffix

-ови́на or -о́вина • (-ovína or -óvina)

1. suffix appended to nouns, adjectives, etc. to form nouns of various sorts, generally referring to more specific objects than the base lemma

   ‎кле́йкий (kléjkij, “sticky”) + ‎-ови́на (-ovína) → ‎клейкови́на (klejkovína, “gluten”)

   ‎пуп (pup, “navel”) + ‎-ови́на (-ovína) → ‎пупови́на (pupovína, “umbilical cord”)

   ‎шту́ка (štúka, “thing”) + ‎-о́вина (-óvina) → ‎штуко́вина (štukóvina, “thingamajig, widget (colloquial)”)

   ‎крест (krest, “cross”) + ‎-ови́на (-ovína) → ‎крестови́на (krestovína, “crosspiece”) (кресто́вый (krestóvyj) exists but refers not to crosses, but rather to crusades)

   ‎полу- (polu-, “half”) + ‎-ови́на (-ovína) → ‎полови́на (polovína, “half, moiety”)

   ‎котёл (kotjól, “cauldron”) (stem котл- (kotl-)) + ‎-ови́на (-ovína) → ‎котлови́на (kotlovína, “kettle, hollow”) (geology)

Usage notes

• When added to reducible nouns, the noun assumes its reduced form before the suffix (cf. котлови́на (kotlovína) above).

Declension

Declension of -ови́на, -о́вина (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-ови́на, -о́вина -ovína, -óvina	-ови́ны, -о́вины -ovíny, -óviny
genitive	-ови́ны, -о́вины -ovíny, -óviny	-ови́н, -о́вин -ovín, -óvin
dative	-ови́не, -о́вине -ovíne, -óvine	-ови́нам, -о́винам -ovínam, -óvinam
accusative	-ови́ну, -о́вину -ovínu, -óvinu	-ови́ны, -о́вины -ovíny, -óviny
instrumental	-ови́ной, -ови́ною, -о́виной, -о́виною -ovínoj, -ovínoju, -óvinoj, -óvinoju	-ови́нами, -о́винами -ovínami, -óvinami
prepositional	-ови́не, -о́вине -ovíne, -óvine	-ови́нах, -о́винах -ovínax, -óvinax

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -овина