ovca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éwis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒːʋtsa/
• Hyphenation: ov‧ca

Noun

óvca f (Cyrillic spelling о́вца)

1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension

Declension of ovca

	singular	plural
nominative	óvca	ȏvce
genitive	ovce	ovácā
dative	ovci	ovcama
accusative	ovcu	ovce
vocative	ovco	ovce
locative	ovci	ovcama
instrumental	ovcom	ovcama

Related terms

• óvan

References

• “ovca” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éwis.

Noun

ovca f (genitive singular ovce, nominative plural ovce, declension pattern of ulica)

1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension

Declension of ovca

	singular	plural
nominative	ovca	ovce
genitive	ovce	oviec
dative	ovci	ovciam
accusative	ovce	ovce
locative	ovci	ovciach
instrumental	ovcou	ovcami

Derived terms

• ovčí

Further reading

• ovca in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éwis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ̀ːwtsa/
• Tonal orthography: óvca

Noun

ôvca f (genitive ôvce or ovcé, nominative plural ôvce or ovcé)

1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension

Declension of ôvca (feminine, a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ôvca	ôvci	ôvce
accusative	ôvco	ôvci	ôvce
genitive	ôvce	ôvc	ôvc
dative	ôvci	ôvcama	ôvcam
locative	ôvci	ôvcah	ôvcah
instrumental	ôvco	ôvcama	ôvcami

Declension of ôvca (feminine, a-stem, mobile accent)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ôvca	ovcé	ovcé
accusative	ovcó	ovcé	ovcé
genitive	ovcé	ovác	ovác
dative	ôvci	ovcáma	ovcàm
locative	ôvci	ovcàh	ovcàh
instrumental	ovcó	ovcáma	ovcámi