-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 • (-ovič) m

  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
  • The word stress may fall on the stem – Ива́нович (Ivánovič) – or on the suffix – Петро́вич (Petróvič).

Declension
Declension of -ович (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative -ович
-ovič		 -овичи
-oviči
genitive -овича
-oviča		 -овичей
-ovičej
dative -овичу
-oviču		 -овичам
-ovičam
accusative -овича
-oviča		 -овичей
-ovičej
instrumental -овичем
-ovičem		 -овичами
-ovičami
prepositional -овиче
-oviče		 -овичах
-ovičax

Derived terms
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