Yes, it is the same ending. The
Proto-Slavic masculine nom.sg. was *-ov-U. The loss of the final reduced vowel
("yer") triggered the compensatory lengthening of the *o in West Slavic, and the
long *o: was eventually raised yielding /u/ spelt <ó> in Polish and /u:/
spelt <u with a circle> in Czech. In feminine *-ov-a, and neuter *-ov-o
there was no vowel loss and consequently no lengthening.
Actually, the suffix -in- may be added to
masculines too, since the Slavic languages retain a number of
masculine a-stems (like nauta, scriba or agricola in
Latin).
Piotr
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Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Slavic peoples and places
I recall from a Czech phrase book for tourists something
like:
"Personal" adjectives:
-úv, -ová, -ovo (masculine), eg.
Karlúv most (´ should be a circle)
-in, -ina, -ino (feminine) , eg.
Libus^in hrad
Is the former related to the Russian "hard" masc.-neutr.
gen. pl.
ending -ov?
Torsten