-ów
See also: ow, ów, -ow, and 'ow
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.
Suffix
-ów
- Alternative form of -owy
Derived terms
Old Polish terms suffixed with -ów
Descendants
- Polish: -ów
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish -ów, from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ; doublet of -owy. Archaic noun ending used to create possessive forms, equivalent to English 's or of. For instance, Bolków literally means "Bolko's" or "of Bolko". Cognate with Russian -ов (-ov), Ukrainian -ів (-iv), Belarusian -аў (-aŭ) (unstressed)/-оў (-oŭ) (stressed). In modern Polish, the same ending is used for genitive plurals of masculine nouns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uf/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uf
- Syllabification: ów
Suffix
-ów
- used to create village and town names, especially in south Poland
- Middle Polish form of -owy
Usage notes
- Examples include Kraków, Chorzów, Gorzów Wielkopolski. In many cases the root is archaic or a relict from a protolanguage, so unambiguous etymological reconstruction is impossible.
Declension
Declension of -ów
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | -ów |
| genitive | -owa |
| dative | -owowi |
| accusative | -ów |
| instrumental | -owem |
| locative | -owie |
| vocative | -owie |
Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -ów
Further reading
- -ów in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- -ów in Polish dictionaries at PWN