[tied] Re: Russian patronymics

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> In colloquial Russian, the -ov- (and -ev-) are usually dropped in

any case

> (Ivánovic^ -> Iványc^, Sergéevic^ -> Sergéic^), so synchronically,

the rule

> is _almost_: -yc^ after hard consonant, -ic^ after soft, if it

weren't for

> hard a-stems like Nikita -> Nikitic^. Has there been any tendency

to make

> that "Nikítyc^", colloquially?
>

Never heard such a form. And one shouldn't forget the velar stems as
well: [y] is not welcome after a velar.

Sergei