ovelha
Galician
Noun
ovelha f (plural ovelhas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of ovella
Further reading
- “ovelha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ovelha, from Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis or *h₃éwis (“sheep”). Compare Galician ovella, Mirandese oubeilha, Spanish oveja.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈve.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈve.ʎa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈvɐ(j).ʎɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈbe.ʎɐ/ [ɔˈβe.ʎɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈve.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈve.ʎɐ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -eʎɐ
- Hyphenation: o‧ve‧lha
Noun
ovelha f (plural ovelhas, masculine carneiro, masculine plural carneiros)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “ovelha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “ovelha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “ovelha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025