"-ów" meaning in Polish

See -ów in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /uf/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ów [nominative, singular], -owa [genitive, singular], -owowi [dative, singular], -ów [accusative, singular], -owem [instrumental, singular], -owie [locative, singular], -owie [singular, vocative]
Rhymes: -uf 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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pl|zlw-opl|-ów|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Polish -ów, {{inh+|pl|zlw-opl|-ów}} Inherited from Old Polish -ów, {{inh|pl|sla-pro|*-ovъ}} Proto-Slavic *-ovъ, {{doublet|pl|-owy|nocap=1}} doublet of -owy, {{cog|ru|-ов}} Russian -ов (-ov), {{cog|uk|-ів}} Ukrainian -ів (-iv), {{cog|be|-аў}} Belarusian -аў (-aŭ), {{cog|cs|-ův}} Czech -ův Head templates: {{head|pl|suffix}} -ów Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in|||a|tantum=s}}
  1. used to create village and town names, especially in south Poland Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ów-pl-suffix-nFa~nFVj
  2. Middle Polish form of -owy Tags: Middle, Polish, alt-of, morpheme Alternative form of: -owy
    Sense id: en--ów-pl-suffix-j7SlBH6h Categories (other): Middle Polish, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Polish entries with Template:pl-pr without syllabification, Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with manual fragments, Polish links with redundant alt parameters, Polish links with redundant wikilinks, Polish singularia tantum Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 42 9 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 7 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 5 69 Disambiguation of Polish entries with Template:pl-pr without syllabification: 7 93 Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 6 94 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant alt parameters: 6 94 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant wikilinks: 5 95 Disambiguation of Polish singularia tantum: 5 95
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      "ipa": "/uf/"
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      "homophone": "uf"
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