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Slavic name suffixes

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171:(Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn, and Ukrainian) the same system of name suffixes can be used to express several meanings. One of the most common is the patronymic. Instead of a secondary "middle" given name, people identify themselves with their given and family name and patronymic, a name based on their father's given name. If a man gives his full name as Boris 55:
and other words. Most Slavic surnames have suffixes which are found in varying degrees over the different nations. Some surnames are not formed in this way, including names of non-Slavic origin. They are also seen in North America, Argentina, and Australia.
202:" etc, or Yuri "Yurko", expresses that he is familiar to you. This is the same as referring to Robert as "Rob," "Bob" and "Bobby"; or William as "Bill", "Will" and "Willy". Unlike in English, nicknames can be derived from the middle of names, such as " 1050: 329:
This has been adopted by many non-Slavic peoples of Central Asia and the Caucasus who are or have been under Russian rule, such as the
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Comes from the physically smaller of a noun; possibly coming from the younger son or daughter of a family. (i.e. Proto-Balto-Slavic
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Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Bosnia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, also in Russia
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Similarly, many suffixes can be attached to express affection or informality (in linguistics, called a
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would be in these languages), but rather it makes a feminine adjective out of a surname. Example:
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Russia, Serbia (especially in Vojvodina), Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Ukraine (rare)
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Example: Petrović means Petr's son. In Russia, where patronyms are used, a person may have two
685:, Slovakia, Czech Republic (-ič, -na), Poland (-icz), Ukraine, Belarus, Russia (-ич, -ыч, -на) 390: 157: 44: 133: 40: 160:, etc. All mean "descendant of Peter". This is similar to the use of "-son" or "-sen" in 1065: 942: 311: 176: 73: 67: 1015: 78: 987: 952: 937: 403: 358: 1090: 977: 957: 338: 180: 992: 350: 203: 747:
Ukraine (to a lesser extent in Belarus, Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
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names in a row; first the patronym, then the family name (e.g.
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Index

Slavic surnames
patronymics
family names
Slavic languages
possessive
suffixes
given names
kovač
koval
kowal
Kovačević
Kovačić
Kowalski
Kowalchuk
Kowalczyk
Kovachev
Kovalenko
Kovalyov
Kovalev
Petr
Petro
Pyotr
Petar
Petrov
Petrenko
Petrovsky
Petrović
Petrić
Petrič
Petrich

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