-овка

Russian

Originally from -ка (-ka) added to adjectives ending in -овый (-ovyj) or -ово́й (-ovój); later extracted out as its own suffix.

-о́вка or -овка • (-óvka or -ovka)

suffix appended to nouns to form related nouns of various sorts, both animate and inanimate, generally referring to more specific objects than the base lemma
‎коне́ц (konéc, “end”) (stem конц- (konc-)) + ‎-о́вка (-óvka) → ‎концо́вка (koncóvka, “ending (of a story)”)

‎ве́тер (véter, “wind”) (stem ветр- (vetr-)) + ‎-о́вка (-óvka) → ‎ветро́вка (vetróvka, “windbreaker”) (ветрово́й (vetrovój) also exists)

‎кросс (kross, “cross country running”) + ‎-о́вка (-óvka) → ‎кроссо́вка (krossóvka, “sneaker, athletic shoe”)

‎лист (list, “leaf, sheet of paper”) + ‎-о́вка (-óvka) → ‎листо́вка (listóvka, “leaflet, flyer”) (листово́й (listovój) also exists)

‎нож (nož, “knife”) + ‎-о́вка (-óvka) → ‎ножо́вка (nožóvka, “handsaw”)

‎оре́х (oréx, “nut”) + ‎-овка (-ovka) → ‎оре́ховка (oréxovka, “nutcracker, nuthatch (bird)”) (оре́ховый (oréxovyj) also exists)
suffix appended to nouns referring to males, to form the corresponding noun referring to females
‎вор (vor, “thief”) + ‎-о́вка (-óvka) → ‎воро́вка (voróvka, “female thief”)

When added to reducible nouns, the noun assumes its reduced form before the suffix (cf. концо́вка (koncóvka), ветро́вка (vetróvka) above).

Declension of -о́вка, -овка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

		singular	plural
nominative		-о́вка, -овка -óvka, -ovka	-о́вки, -овки -óvki, -ovki
genitive		-о́вки, -овки -óvki, -ovki	-о́вок, -овок -óvok, -ovok
dative		-о́вке, -овке -óvke, -ovke	-о́вкам, -овкам -óvkam, -ovkam
accusative	animate	-о́вку, -овку -óvku, -ovku	-о́вок, -овок -óvok, -ovok
accusative	inanimate	-о́вку, -овку -óvku, -ovku	-о́вки, -овки -óvki, -ovki
instrumental		-о́вкой, -о́вкою, -овкой, -овкою -óvkoj, -óvkoju, -ovkoj, -ovkoju	-о́вками, -овками -óvkami, -ovkami
prepositional		-о́вке, -овке -óvke, -ovke	-о́вках, -овках -óvkax, -ovkax

-овка (Latin spelling -ovka)

Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, denoting a part, profession, feature, membership, origin, social status, complexion, proper name, abstract noun or animal's name.