Berladyn Surname; Stem & Suffix

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• -yn (-ин), variant -in (-їн), feminine -yna (-ина), 'masculine nouns' equivalent -iv (-ів) which denotes an old-Ruthenian/Rusyn type surname.

Common suffixes in Ukrainian names are:

• -enko (-енко) distinctively Ukrainian, first recorded in the 15th century.
• -chuk (-чук) or -chak, or its simplified versions -iuk/-uk (-юк/-ук) or -iak (-як) and -ak (-ак). The suffixes -uk/-iuk are considered to be patronymic.
• -yshyn, such suffixes are simply added to Ukrainian given names. These are considered patronymic.
• -skyi, originally from aristocratic usage but then generalized. Ukrainian version of surnames ending in -ski, common in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
• -vych (-вич), common with neighboring Belarus, descending from the common Rzeczpospolita culture (-wicz).
• -ko (-ко), a diminutive ending often with patronymic meaning.
• -iv (-ів), an old-Ruthenian/Rusyn type surname.

Less common suffixes that may identify Ukrainian origin are:

• -ra (-ра), -ha (-га) or -ho (-го), -ukh (-ух), -un (-ун), -ash (-аш), -la (-ла) or -lo (-ло), series of -aba (-аба), -yba (-иба), and -uba (-уба), also -iush (-юш) and -ii (-ій).

Some names have differing masculine and feminine forms, meaning a brother and sister's surname will have different suffixes, while others do not change with gender.

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In Russian, the main rule of making surnames from nouns is roughly:

• For first declension (female) nouns end with:
  • -in (-ин), almost always
  • -yn (-ын), for stems ending on ц
• For second declension (male/neuter) nouns add:
  • -ov (-ов), for hard stems
  • -ev (-ев), for soft stems

🇧🇬 БЕРЛАДИН ⟶ 🇬🇧 BERLADIN

• -in (-ин) male, feminine -inka (-инка) or -ka (-ка), suffix forming singulative nouns, e.g. a person from a group; or, appended to some kinds of nouns to change the form but not its meaning.
• -in, -ine (-ин), 's; suffix with possessive or belonging meaning.