-ов

• IPA^(key): [-ˈɔf]

-ов • (-ov)

1. ’s, -son, -s (possessive suffix)

   • Петров (Petrov) — Peter’s, Peters, Peterson

   • Петров кон — Peter’s horse

• -ев (-ev)

• IPA^(key): [ɔf]

From Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.

-ов • (-ov)

1. Appended to nouns to create adjectives.

   ‎бука (buka) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎буков (bukov)

   ‎јастреб (jastreb) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎јастребов (jastrebov)

   ‎јачмен (jačmen) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎јачменов (jačmenov)

   ‎орев (orev) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎оревов (orevov)

2. ’s, -son, -s (possessive suffix).

   Петров ― Petrov ― Peter’s, Peters, Peterson

   Петров коњ ― Petrov konj ― Peter’s horse

• -ев (-ev)

From enclitic овој (ovoj, “this”), from Proto-Slavic *ovъ.

-ов • (-ov)

1. the definite article "the" in its proximate form, male gender.

   Јади го лебов ― Jadi go lebov ― Eat the bread (here); Eat this bread

   Твојов маж е пијан! ― Tvojov maž e pijan! ― This husband of yours is drunk!

• Appendix:Macedonian articles

Inherited from Old East Slavic -овъ (-ovŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.

-ов • (-ov)

1. Forms possessive adjectives

   ‎дед (ded, “grandfather”) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎де́дов (dédov, “grandfather's”)

2. Forms patronymic surnames

   ‎Ива́н (Iván, “Ivan”) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎Ивано́в (Ivanóv)

   ‎Пётр (Pjotr, “Peter”) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎Петро́в (Petróv)

   ‎Па́вел (Pável, “Paul”) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎Па́влов (Pávlov)

   ‎кузне́ц (kuznéc, “blacksmith”) + ‎-ов (-ov) → ‎Кузнецо́в (Kuznecóv)

• Other than with hard-stem masculine nouns, -ин (-in) occurs.

• -ын (-yn)

From old u-stems, where Old East Slavic -овъ was a combination of the final syllable of the stem and the genitive plural desinence -ъ (-ŭ).

-ов • (-ov)

1. Genitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns

• With soft stems, -ей (-ej) usually occurs instead.

-ов (Latin spelling -ov)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting an animal or to form a pejorative.
2. Suffix appended to words to create a possessive form of masculine nouns.