-ów

See also: ow, ów, -ow, and 'ow

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔːf/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /of/

Suffix

-ów

1. 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. Compare Czech -ův.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uf/

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• Rhymes: -uf
• Syllabification: ów
• Homophones: ów, uf

Suffix

-ów

1. used to create village and town names, especially in south Poland
2. Middle Polish form of -owy

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 Polish dictionaries at PWN