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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic овьнъ (ovĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Syllabification(key): о‧вен
- Hyphenation(key): овен
Noun
ове́н • (ovén) (feminine овца́, relational adjective о́внешки, diminutive овне́ or ове́нче)
- ram (male sheep)
- an Aries (person with the zodiac sign)
Declension
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
Noun
овен • (oven) m (relational adjective овнешки)
- ram (male sheep)
- (astrology) Aries
Declension
See also
References
- “овен”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language] (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) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.
Pronunciation
- ове́н: IPA(key): (standard but rare)
- о́вен: IPA(key): (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
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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ове́н, о́вен* ovén, óven*
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овны́, о́вны* ovný, óvny*
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genitive
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овна́, о́вна* ovná, óvna*
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овно́в, о́внов* ovnóv, óvnov*
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dative
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овну́, о́вну* ovnú, óvnu*
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овна́м, о́внам* ovnám, óvnam*
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accusative
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овна́, о́вна* ovná, óvna*
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овно́в, о́внов* ovnóv, óvnov*
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instrumental
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овно́м, о́вном* ovnóm, óvnom*
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овна́ми, о́внами* ovnámi, óvnami*
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prepositional
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овне́, о́вне* ovné, óvne*
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овна́х, о́внах* ovnáx, óvnax*
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* Non-standard but overwhelmingly more common.