-ów

See also: ow, ów, -ow, and 'ow

Polish

Etymology

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/

Suffix

-ów

  1. used to create village and town names, especially in south Poland

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
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