Possibly borrowed from Middle Low German ovel, ovele, from Proto-Germanic *ubilaz. Alternatively related to dialectal evelä, Estonian õel (“wicked, cruel, savage, evil, mean”) and Votic õjõla (Pummala).
ovela (comparative ovelampi, superlative ovelin)
| Inflection of ovela (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ovela | ovelat | |
| genitive | ovelan | ovelien | |
| partitive | ovelaa | ovelia | |
| illative | ovelaan | oveliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ovela | ovelat | |
| accusative | nom. | ovela | ovelat |
| gen. | ovelan | ||
| genitive | ovelan | ovelien ovelain rare | |
| partitive | ovelaa | ovelia | |
| inessive | ovelassa | ovelissa | |
| elative | ovelasta | ovelista | |
| illative | ovelaan | oveliin | |
| adessive | ovelalla | ovelilla | |
| ablative | ovelalta | ovelilta | |
| allative | ovelalle | ovelille | |
| essive | ovelana | ovelina | |
| translative | ovelaksi | oveliksi | |
| abessive | ovelatta | ovelitta | |
| instructive | — | ovelin | |
| comitative | — | oveline | |