-ów
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ow"
Old Polish
Etymology
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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ovъ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ów
- alternative form of -owy
Derived terms
Old Polish terms suffixed with -ów
Descendants
- Polish: -ów
Polish
Etymology
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Inherited from Old Polish -owy.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ów
- used to create village and town names, especially in south Poland
- Middle Polish form of -owy
Usage notes
- (archaic) For sense 1, when ku (“toward”, preposition) is used, -owu can be used in place of -owowi in the dative singular.[1]
Declension
Declension of -ów
Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -ów
References
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{{R:pl:SGJP}}patterns, using Ostaszków as an example:
Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “B4wó+w m3”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), 4. online edition, Warszawa, retrieved 4 January 2026
(archaic) Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “B4wó+(u) m3”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), 4. online edition, Warszawa, retrieved 4 January 2026
Further reading
- -ów in Polish dictionaries at PWN