In our etymological dictionary the Ukrainian toponyms are given with the "-ov" suffix, not "-iv", because the former seems to be much closer to the origin source. There is nothing anti-Ukrainian in that, as the genitive case for "Lviv" still is "Lvova". So, that's "-ov".
It may well turn out that the name of the great Ukrainian city has nothing to do with lions or the name Lev, but with the same pan-Kartvelian nation of Lubs, who lived throughout the Old World, primarily in Ukraine. The soft sign, as is known, is a former vowel, and Lviv is surrounded by all sorts of toponyms with the root "liub" or "lub" both from the east and from the west. If this version makes sense, then the true name of the city is "Luviv" or "Lubiv". Compare to Prilbici.
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