-ович

• -евич (-evič) – used after a soft consonant
• -ич (-ič) – colloquial, after a soft consonant
• -ыч (-yč) – colloquial, after a hard consonant

-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)”)

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

• -евич (-evyč) – used after a soft consonant
• -ич (-yč) – colloquial, after a consonant

-ович • (-ovyč) m

1. A masculine patronymic suffix added to a given name ending in a hard (unpalatalized) consonant: son of

   ‎Павло́ (Pavló, “Paul”) + ‎-ович (-ovyč) → ‎Па́влович (Pávlovyč, “son of Pavel (Paul)”)

   ‎Іва́н (Iván, “John”) + ‎-ович (-ovyč) → ‎Іва́нович (Ivánovyč, “son of Ivan (John)”)

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