овца

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

• IPA^(key): [ofˈt͡sa]

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овца́ • (ovcá) f (masculine ове́н, relational adjective о́вчи, diminutive овчи́ца)

1. female equivalent of ове́н (ovén): sheep (usually a female one), ewe

• овча́р m (ovčár), овча́рка f (ovčárka, “shepherd”)
• овцевъ́д (ovcevǎ́d, “sheep breeder”)

• “овца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “овца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔft͡sa]

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овца • (ovca) f (masculine овен, relational adjective овчи, diminutive овчичка)

1. sheep (mammal)
2. an insult for a naive, foolish person

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔwt͡sa]
• Rhymes: -ɔwt͡sa
• Hyphenation: ов‧ца

овца (ovca) f (related adjective овчи)

1. sheep (a domestic sheep of either gender)
2. ewe (a female domestic sheep)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “овца”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “ewe”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 105
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “sheep”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 275

From Old East Slavic овьца (ovĭca), from Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. See also English ewe and ovine, Latin ovis.

• IPA^(key): [ɐfˈt͡sa]

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овца́ • (ovcá) f anim (genitive овцы́, nominative plural о́вцы, genitive plural ове́ц, relational adjective ове́чий, diminutive ове́чка)

1. sheep (a domestic sheep of either gender)
2. ewe (a female domestic sheep)
3. (derogatory, informal) cow (a stupid woman)

Compound words:

• овцебы́к m anim (ovcebýk)
• овцево́д m anim (ovcevód)
• овцево́дство n (ovcevódstvo)

Compounds:

• заблу́дшая овца́ (zablúdšaja ovcá)
• молоде́ц среди́ ове́ц (molodéc sredí ovéc)
• парши́вая овца́ (paršívaja ovcá)

Proverbs

• парши́вая овца́ всё ста́до по́ртит (paršívaja ovcá vsjo stádo pórtit)
• с парши́вой овцы́ хоть ше́рсти клок (s paršívoj ovcý xotʹ šérsti klok)

• а́гнец m anim (ágnec)
• бара́н m anim (barán)
• руно́ n (runó)
• ягнёнок m anim (jagnjónok)
• я́рка f anim (járka)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “овца”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
  • See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “овен”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

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

• IPA^(key): /ǒːʋt͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ов‧ца

о́вца f (Latin spelling óvca)

1. sheep (mammal)

• о́ван

• “овца”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025