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

References
  • “ovca” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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

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

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
(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
Feminine, a-stem, mobile 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
  • “ovca”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.