Talk:Ileana's Stuff/@comment-4423292-20160318035059

According to Wikipedia, "Romanovsky" means "something or someone pertaining to the House of Romanov"wikipedia. Ivanovskywikipedia is a thing too, and so is Aleksandrovskywikipedia. They're place names and surnames; they seem pretty vague and multipurpose. I think to make a name meaning "of Ivan", you add -ov, and to make a name meaning "of Ivanov", you add -sky, because -ovov would be dumb.

Plus there are genders. Masculine is -sky/ский ( Romanov sky/ Романов ский, Ivanov sky/ Ива́нов ский) Feminine is -skaya/ская ( Romanov skaya/ Романов ская, Ivanov skaya/ Ива́нов ская) Neuter is -skoye/ское ( Romanov skoye/ Романов ское,  Ivanov skoye/ Ива́нов ское) I'm not sure what's the deal with Russian ligustic gender.

"Of Rasskazov" should be, in suit, Rasskazovsky/Рассказовский, Rasskazovskaya/Рассказовская, and /Рассказовское. It could be a word—not even a name, but a word—for all his descendants. Otherwise, the best you can call them is just "Rasskazovs". With -sky, I think this would imply all of Rasskazov’s descendants—not just the ones who carry his name. This also wouldn't imply those with the surname Rasskazov by marriage. (In this context, Rasskazov just being his name, not a surname.)