Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovьca

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *ovь +‎ *-ьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Exact cognate of Sanskrit अविक (avika), suggesting Proto-Indo-European *h₂ów-i-keh₂.

Noun

*ovьcà f[1][2]

  1. sheep

Inflection

Declension of *ovьcà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *ovьcà *ovь̀ci *ovьcę̇̀
genitive *ovьcę̇̀ *ovьcù *ovь̀cь
dative *ovьcì *ovьcàma *ovьcàmъ
accusative *ovьcǫ̀ *ovь̀ci *ovьcę̇̀
instrumental *ovьcèjǫ, *ovь̀cǫ** *ovьcàma *ovьcàmī
locative *ovьcì *ovьcù *ovьcàsъ, *ovьcàxъ*
vocative *ovьce *ovь̀ci *ovьcę̇̀

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Declension of *ovьcà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *ovьcà *ȍvьci *ȍvьcę̇
genitive *ovьcę̇́ *ovьcù *ovь̀cь
dative *ovьcì *ovьcàma *ovьcàmъ
accusative *ȍvьcǫ *ȍvьci *ȍvьcę̇
instrumental *ovьcejǫ́ *ovьcàma *ovьcàmi
locative *ȍvьcī *ovьcù *ovьcàsъ, *ovьcàxъ*
vocative *ovьce *ȍvьci *ȍvьcę̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: овьца (ovĭca)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “овца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ovьcà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
  2. ^ Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*ovьca”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 202
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