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Explain to me how Patronymic names work? I'm aware a Patronymic is the father's name with either like...ovich/yevich or ovna/yevna at the end of it, depending on gender, but I still don't think I've mastered it. I write stories with Russian characters and would like to get it straight so I may use their Patronymic names when needed. Daughter of Geni is - Genyenva? Or Geniovna? I don't know exactly when to make it which. I know a y or soft consonat gets the yevich, but I also knows there's exceptions (Like the name Ilya). What are the exceptions? Can someone please explain more clearly? : )
Oct 4, 2010 10:06 PM
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That's rather extensive way to get it from such academic studying... Just list the names, you want to transform to patronymics - I'll do that, if that's what you need. Geni -> Genievna (but note, that's very unusual to make a patronymic from a non-russian name. Though, I met Sergey Johnovich once :) )
October 5, 2010
For men, Russian patronymics have the endings: * -ovich when father’s name ends with a non-palatal consonant (Russian consonants may be palatal and non-palatal): Oleg → Olegovich * -evich when father’s name ends with a palatal consonant: Dmitriy → Dmitriyevich * -ich when father’s name ends with a vowel: Foma → Fomich For women, patronymics have the endings: * -ovna when father’s name ends with a non-palatal consonant: Gleb → Glebovna * -evna when father’s name ends with a palatal consonant: Aleksey → Alekseyevna * -ichna when father’s name ends with a vowel: Nikita → Nikitichna.
October 5, 2010
В основном, для русских имён, отчества образуются С помощью суффиксов -ович, -овна: Иван – Иванович - Ивановна Пётр – Петрович – Петровна С помощью суффиксов -евич, -евна: Игорь – Игоревич – Игоревна Евгений – Евгениевич – Евгениевна (или Евгеньевич -- Евгениьевна) Игнатий – Игнатиевич -- Игнатиевна ( или Игнатьевич – Игнатьевна) Алексей -- Алексеевич – Алексеевна Николай – Николаевич -- Николаевна С помощью суффиксов -ич, -ична (-инична) Савва – Саввич – Саввична Илья – Ильич – Ильинична Кузьма – Кузьмич -- Кузминична Лука – Лукич – Лукинична И ещё непонятно по какому принципу Яков – Яковлевич – Яковлевна Лев – Львович -- Львовна Не пытайтесь образовывать отчества от нерусских имён. Получается нечто ужасное.
October 5, 2010
Thank you : )
October 5, 2010
Геновна.
October 5, 2010
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