овца

From Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

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овца́ • (ovcá) f (masculine ове́н, relational adjective о́вчи, diminutive овчи́ца)

1. female equivalent of ове́н (ovén): sheep (usually a female one), ewe

• овча́р m (ovčár), овча́рка f (ovčárka, “shepherd”)
• овцевъ́д (ovcevǎ́d, “sheep breeder”)

• “овца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “овца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

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овца • (ovca) f (masculine овен, relational adjective овчи, diminutive овчичка)

1. sheep (mammal)
2. an insult for a naive, foolish person

From Old East Slavic овьца (ovĭca), from Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. See also English ewe and ovine, Latin ovis.

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овца́ • (ovcá) f anim (genitive овцы́, nominative plural о́вцы, genitive plural ове́ц, relational adjective ове́чий, diminutive ове́чка)

1. sheep (a domestic sheep of either gender)
2. ewe (a female domestic sheep)
3. (derogatory, informal) cow (a stupid woman)

• ове́чий (ovéčij)
• овча́р (ovčár)
• овча́рка (ovčárka)
• овчи́на (ovčína)

• а́гнец (ágnec)
• бара́н (barán)
• ягнёнок (jagnjónok)
• я́рка (járka)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

• IPA^(key): /ǒːʋt͡sa/
• Hyphenation: ов‧ца

о́вца f (Latin spelling óvca)

1. sheep (mammal)

• о́ван

• “овца” in Hrvatski jezični portal