-во

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vɔ]

Suffix

-во • (-vo)

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.

Related terms

-ов (-ov)
-ва (-va)

See also

Appendix:Macedonian articles

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-tvo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ ˈwɔ]

Suffix

-во́ • (-vó) n sg (single only, variant -тя)

-ing, -ence, etc. (suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs)
‎пи́ти (pýty, “to drink”) + ‎-во (-vo) → ‎питво́ (pytvó, “drinking; booze (collective)”)

‎ши́ти (šýty, “to sew”) + ‎-во (-vo) → ‎шитво (šytvo, “sewing, needlework (collective)”)

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

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

Derived terms

Ukrainian terms suffixed with -во