ovan

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Contents 1 Croatian 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Declension 1.2.2 Related terms 2 Serbo-Croatian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Related terms 3 Swedish 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Adjective 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Preposition

[edit] Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ.

[edit] Noun

óvan m.

1. ram: a male sheep

[edit] Declension

[edit] Related terms

• óvca

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ.

[edit] Noun

óvan m. (Cyrillic spelling: о́ван)

1. ram: a male sheep

[edit] Declension

[edit] Related terms

• óvca

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology 1

From o- (un-, miss-; prefix used for negation) + van (accustomed to)

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

Inflections of ovan		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	ovan	ovanare		ovanast
	Neuter	ovant
Definite singular	Masc.	ovane		ovanaste
	All	ovana		ovanaste
Plural		ovana		ovanaste

ovan

1. not used to, inexperienced, lacking practice

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ovan (Old Norse ofan). Cognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above.

[edit] Preposition

ovan

1. above, at some unspecified point of higher altitude

   Högt ovan molnen = High above the clouds