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Polish Suffixes Indicating Relationship


Koach  16 | 128  
21 Dec 2007 /  #1
I would like to know more about the suffixes which are attached to surnames to show a relationship. I read that -owa is wife of "insert surname," and -owna is daughter of "insert surname." Are these correct? What are some others? I'd appreciate any help.
RJ_cdn  - | 267  
21 Dec 2007 /  #2
I read that -owa is wife of "insert surname," and -owna is daughter of "insert surname." Are these correct?

Yes it is correct, but as I said before it is somewhat old fashioned. Also, it only works with some surnames, never with the ones ending with -ski/ska or -cki/cka.

You can pretty much always use -owa and -ówna for the surnames ending with -ewicz and other endings.
Examples:

surname / surname+owa / surname+ówna

Karp / Karpowa / Karpówna
Śledź / Śledziowa / Śledziówna
Kowal / Kowalowa / Kowalówna
Gaca / Gacowa / Gacówna
Koach / Koachowa / Koachówna
and so on. Personally I would stick to the original surname.

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