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Russian
Etymology
овца́ (ovcá) + -ка (-ka)
Pronunciation
Noun
ове́чка • (ovéčka) f anim (genitive ове́чки, nominative plural ове́чки, genitive plural ове́чек)
- diminutive of овца́ (ovcá): sheep, lamb (various senses)
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ове́чка (ovéčka), equivalent to вівця́ (vivcjá) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
ове́чка • (ovéčka) f animal (genitive ове́чки, nominative plural ове́чки, genitive plural ове́чок, diminutive ове́чечка)
- endearing diminutive of вівця́ (vivcjá): sheep, ewe, lamb
- (figuratively) lamb (A person who is meek, docile and easily led.)
Declension
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ове́чка”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ове́чка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2020), “ове́чка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (обмін – оя́снювати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN