ovca

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ǒːʋt͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ov‧ca

Noun[edit]

óvca f (Cyrillic spelling о́вца)

  1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ovca” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ovca”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

óvca f

  1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Inflection[edit]

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. ôvca
gen. sing. ôvce
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
ôvca ôvci ôvce
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ôvce ôvc ôvc
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ôvci ôvcama ôvcam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
ôvco ôvci ôvce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ôvci ôvcah ôvcah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
ôvco ôvcama ôvcami
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. ôvca
gen. sing. ovcé
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
ôvca ovcé ovcé
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ovcé ovác ovác
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ôvci ovcáma ovcàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
ovcó ovcé ovcé
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ôvci ovcàh ovcàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
ovcó ovcáma ovcámi

Further reading[edit]

  • ovca”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • ovca”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references