-ович

Russian

Alternative forms

  • -евич (-evič)used after a soft consonant
  • -ич (-ič)colloquial, after a soft consonant
  • -ыч (-yč)colloquial, after a hard consonant

Suffix

-ович • (-ovičm

  1. A masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: son of
    Па́вел (Pável, Paul) + ‎-ович (-ovič) → ‎Па́влович (Pávlovič, son of Pavel (Paul))
    Ива́н (Iván, John) + ‎-ович (-ovič) → ‎Ива́нович (Ivánovič, son of Ivan (John))

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Komi-Zyrian: вич (vić)

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • -евич (-evyč)used after a soft consonant
  • -ич (-yč)colloquial, after a consonant

Etymology

Rebracketed from -ов (-ov) +‎ -ич (-yč)

Suffix

-ович • (-ovyčm (feminine equivalent -івна or -ївна, variant -ьович)

  1. A masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: son of
    Павло́ (Pavló, Paul) + ‎-ович (-ovyč) → ‎Па́влович (Pávlovyč, son of Pavel (Paul))
    Іва́н (Iván, John) + ‎-ович (-ovyč) → ‎Іва́нович (Ivánovyč, son of Ivan (John))

Usage notes

Declension

Declension of -о́вич
(pers semisoft masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative -о́вич
-óvyč
-о́вичі
-óvyči
genitive -о́вича
-óvyča
-о́вичів
-óvyčiv
dative -о́вичеві, -о́вичу
-óvyčevi, -óvyču
-о́вичам
-óvyčam
accusative -о́вича
-óvyča
-о́вичів
-óvyčiv
instrumental -о́вичем
-óvyčem
-о́вичами
-óvyčamy
locative -о́вичеві, -о́вичу, -о́вичі
-óvyčevi, -óvyču, -óvyči
-о́вичах
-óvyčax
vocative -о́вичу
-óvyču
-о́вичі
-óvyči

Derived terms