овен
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic овьнъ (ovĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oˈvɛn]
- Syllabification(key): о‧вен
- Hyphenation(key): овен
Noun
ове́н • (ovén) (feminine овца́, relational adjective о́внешки, diminutive овне́ or ове́нче)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ове́н ovén |
овни́ ovní |
| definite (subject form) |
ове́нът ovénǎt |
овни́те ovníte |
| definite (object form) |
ове́на ovéna | |
| count form | — | ове́на ovéna |
| vocative form | о́вньо óvnjo |
овни́ ovní |
References
- “овен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “овен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “овен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 766
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔvɛn]
Noun
овен • (oven) m (relational adjective овнешки)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | овен (oven) | овни (ovni) |
| definite unspecified | овенот (ovenot) | овните (ovnite) |
| definite proximal | овенов (ovenov) | овниве (ovnive) |
| definite distal | овенон (ovenon) | овнине (ovnine) |
| vocative | овену (ovenu) | овни (ovni) |
| count form | — | овена (ovena) |
See also
| Zodiac signs in Macedonian (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
о́вен (óven) |
бик (bik) |
бли́знаци (blíznaci) |
рак (rak) | ||||||||
лав (lav) |
де́вица (dévica) |
ва́га/тере́зија (vága/terézija) |
ско́рпија (skórpija) | ||||||||
стре́лец (strélec) |
ја́рец (járec) |
водо́лија/водо́леец (vodólija/vodóleec) |
ри́би (ríbi) | ||||||||
References
- “овен”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language][1] (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 53
- “овен” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.
Pronunciation
- ове́н: IPA(key): [ɐˈvʲen] (standard but rare)
- о́вен: IPA(key): [ˈovʲɪn] (non-standard but overwhelmingly more common)
Noun
ове́н or о́вен* • (ovén or óven*) m anim (genitive овна́ or о́вна*, nominative plural овны́ or о́вны*, genitive plural овно́в or о́внов*) (* non-standard but overwhelmingly more common)
- (archaic) ram (male sheep)
- Synonym: бара́н (barán)
- (astrology) an Aries (a person born with the Aries star sign)
Usage notes
The initial-syllable stress was revived at the end of the 1980s, after having fallen into obscurity almost 400 years prior, and is now far more common.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ове́н, о́вен* ovén, óven* |
овны́, о́вны* ovný, óvny* |
| genitive | овна́, о́вна* ovná, óvna* |
овно́в, о́внов* ovnóv, óvnov* |
| dative | овну́, о́вну* ovnú, óvnu* |
овна́м, о́внам* ovnám, óvnam* |
| accusative | овна́, о́вна* ovná, óvna* |
овно́в, о́внов* ovnóv, óvnov* |
| instrumental | овно́м, о́вном* ovnóm, óvnom* |
овна́ми, о́внами* ovnámi, óvnami* |
| prepositional | овне́, о́вне* ovné, óvne* |
овна́х, о́внах* ovnáx, óvnax* |
* Non-standard but overwhelmingly more common.