ovčar

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From ovca +‎ -jar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒʋt͡ʃaːr/
  • Hyphenation: ov‧čar

Noun

òvčār m (Cyrillic spelling о̀вча̄р)

  1. shepherd
  2. sheepdog

Declension

References

  • ovčar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Vukušić, Stjepan, Zoričić, Ivan, Graselli-Vukušić, Marija (2007) Naglasak u hrvatskome književnom jeziku (Velika hrvatska gramatika; 4), Zagreb: Globus, →ISBN, §157, page 55

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

ovčár m anim

  1. sheepdog (dog used for herding sheep)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. ovčár
gen. sing. ovčárja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
ovčár ovčárja ovčárji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ovčárja ovčárjev ovčárjev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ovčárju ovčárjema ovčárjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
ovčárja ovčárja ovčárje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ovčárju ovčárjih ovčárjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
ovčárjem ovčárjema ovčárji

Further reading

  • ovčar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024