-во

See also: во, в/о, во-, and Appendix:Variations of "vo"

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɔ]

Suffix

-во • (-vo)

  1. the definite article "the" in its proximate singular form, neuter gender.
    Во селово нема дискотеки.
    Vo selovo nema diskoteki.
    There are no disco clubs in this village.

See also

  • Appendix:Macedonian articles

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • -во́: IPA(key): [ ˈwɔ]
  • -́во: IPA(key): [ ˈwɔ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-tvo

Suffix

-во́ • (-vón sg (single only, variant -тя) (collective)

  1. -ing, -ence, etc. (suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs)
    пи́ти (pýty, to drink) + ‎-во (-vo) → ‎питво́ (pytvó, drinking; booze)
    ши́ти (šýty, to sew) + ‎-во (-vo) → ‎шитво (šytvo, sewing, needlework)
Declension
Declension of -во́
(inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-b)
singular
nominative -во́
-vó
genitive -ва́
-vá
dative -ву́
-vú
accusative -во́
-vó
instrumental -во́м
-vóm
locative -ві́
-ví
vocative -во́
-vó

Etymology 2

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-vo (neuter of *-vъ).

    Suffix

    -́во • (-́von (variant -ва)

    1. Uncommon suffix used to form nouns from verbs
      ліг (lih, lay down) + ‎-во (-vo) → ‎лі́гво (líhvo, hideout)
    Declension
    Declension of -́во
    (inan hard neut-form accent-a mixed-reduc)
    singular plural
    nominative -́во
    -́vo
    -ва́
    -vá
    genitive -ва́
    -vá
    -́ов, -́в
    -́ov, -́v
    dative -во́ві, -ву́
    -vóvi, -vú
    -ва́м
    -vám
    accusative -во́
    -vó
    -ва́
    -vá
    instrumental -во́м
    -vóm
    -ва́ми
    -vámy
    locative -ву́, -ві́
    -vú, -ví
    -ва́х
    -váx
    vocative -во́
    -vó
    -ва́
    -vá

    Etymology 3

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Suffix

    -во́ • (-vóf

    1. vocative singular of -ва́ (-vá)

    Derived terms

    References

    • во”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎[1]
    • Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Mykhailovych Poliuha] (2001), Словник українських морфем: близько 40 000 слів [Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes: close to 40,000 words] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN, page 379