-овна

Russian

Alternative forms

• -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

-овна • (-ovna) f

1. A feminine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: daughter of

   ‎Па́вел (Pável, “Paul”) + ‎-овна (-ovna) → ‎Па́вловна (Pávlovna, “daughter of Pavel (Paul)”)

   ‎Ива́н (Iván, “John”) + ‎-овна (-ovna) → ‎Ива́новна (Ivánovna, “daughter of Ivan (John)”)

Usage notes

• The word stress may fall on the stem – Ива́новна (Ivánovna) – or on the suffix – Петро́вна (Petróvna).

Declension

Declension of -овна (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	-овна -ovna	-овны -ovny
genitive	-овны -ovny	-овн -ovn
dative	-овне -ovne	-овнам -ovnam
accusative	-овну -ovnu	-овн -ovn
instrumental	-овной, -овною -ovnoj, -ovnoju	-овнами -ovnami
prepositional	-овне -ovne	-овнах -ovnax

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -овна