-ovina
Czech
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-ovina f (noun-forming suffix)
- forms nouns from nouns
- bílek (“egg white, albumen”) + -ovina → bílkovina (“protein”)
- líh (“ethanol, spirit”) + -ovina → lihovina (“liquor”)
- mlha (“fog, mist”) + -ovina → mlhovina (“nebula”)
- moč (“urine”) + -ovina → močovina (“urea”)
- vrch (“hill”) + -ovina → vrchovina (“highland”)
- zvon (“bell”) + -ovina → zvonovina (“bell metal”)
- forms nouns from verbs
- forms nouns from numerals
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- -ovina in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017