ovca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

óvca f (Cyrillic spelling о́вца)

1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension

Declension of ovca

	singular	plural
nominative	óvca	ȏvce
genitive	óvcē	ovácā
dative	óvci	óvcama / òvcama
accusative	óvcu	ȏvce
vocative	ȏvco	ȏvce
locative	óvci	óvcama / òvcama
instrumental	óvcōm	óvcama / òvcama

Related terms

• óvan

References

• “ovca” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔu̯t͡sa/

Noun

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

1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension

Declension of ovca

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

Derived terms

• ovčí
• ovečka

Further reading

• ovca in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̀ːʋt͡sa/

Noun

óvca f

1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	ôvca
gen. sing.	ôvce
	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

Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent
nom. sing.	ôvca
gen. sing.	ovcé
	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

Further reading

• “ovca”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran