-овик

Russian

Alternative forms

• -евик (-evik) — after a palatalized or formerly palatalized consonant

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• -овик: IPA^(key): [əvʲɪk]
• -ови́к: IPA^(key): [ɐˈvʲik]

Suffix

-овик or -ови́к • (-ovik or -ovík) m inan or m anim

1. suffix appended to nouns to form related nouns of various sorts, both animate and inanimate, generally referring to more specific objects than the base lemma

Usage notes

• For many, perhaps most, nouns ending in -овик (-ovik), the base noun has a corresponding relational adjective in -овый (-ovyj) or

-ово́й (-ovój), in which case an analysis of the noun as formed from the relational adjective + -ик (-ik) is still possible, and in same cases preferred.

• As with -ик (-ik), the suffix may be stressed, in which case it is in accent pattern b (always ending-stressed).
• The suffix becomes -евик (-evik) after a palatalized consonant (including unpaired ч щ /j/) or a formerly palatalized consonant (ш ж ц).

Declension

Declension of -овик, -ови́к (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-a/b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-овик, -ови́к -ovik, -ovík	-овики, -овики́ -oviki, -ovikí
genitive	-овика, -овика́ -ovika, -oviká	-овиков, -овико́в -ovikov, -ovikóv
dative	-овику, -овику́ -oviku, -ovikú	-овикам, -овика́м -ovikam, -ovikám
accusative animate inanimate	-овика, -овика́ -ovika, -oviká	-овиков, -овико́в -ovikov, -ovikóv
	-овик, -ови́к -ovik, -ovík	-овики, -овики́ -oviki, -ovikí
instrumental	-овиком, -овико́м -ovikom, -ovikóm	-овиками, -овика́ми -ovikami, -ovikámi
prepositional	-овике, -овике́ -ovike, -oviké	-овиках, -овика́х -ovikax, -ovikáx

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -овик