-овна
Appearance
Russian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -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
[edit]-овна • (-ovna) f
- a feminine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: daughter of
Usage notes
[edit]- The word stress may fall on the stem – Ива́новна (Ivánovna) – or on the suffix – Петро́вна (Petróvna).