овца

Bulgarian

Овца

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ofˈt͡sa]
  • (file)

Noun

овца́ • (ovcá) f (masculine ове́н, relational adjective о́вчи, diminutive овчи́ца)

  1. female equivalent of ове́н (ovén): sheep (usually a female one), ewe

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • овца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • овца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔft͡sa]
  • (file)

Noun

овца • (ovca) f (masculine овен, relational adjective овчи, diminutive овчичка)

  1. sheep (mammal)
  2. an insult for a naive, foolish person

Declension

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic овьца (ovĭca), from Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. See also English ewe and ovine, Latin ovis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐfˈt͡sa]
  • (file)

Noun

овца́ • (ovcá) f anim (genitive овцы́, nominative plural о́вцы, genitive plural ове́ц, relational adjective ове́чий, diminutive ове́чка)

  1. sheep (a domestic sheep of either gender)
  2. ewe (a female domestic sheep)
  3. (derogatory, informal) cow (a stupid woman)

Declension

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒːʋt͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ов‧ца

Noun

о́вца f (Latin spelling óvca)

  1. sheep (mammal)

Declension

References

  • овца” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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