овчарка

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔft͡ʃarka]

Noun

овчарка • (ovčarkaf (masculine овчар)

  1. shepherdess

Declension

Declension of овчарка
singular plural
indefinite овчарка (ovčarka) овчарки (ovčarki)
definite unspecified овчарката (ovčarkata) овчарките (ovčarkite)
definite proximal овчаркава (ovčarkava) овчаркиве (ovčarkive)
definite distal овчаркана (ovčarkana) овчаркине (ovčarkine)
vocative овчарке (ovčarke) овчарки (ovčarki)

Russian

Etymology

овча́р (ovčár) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐfˈt͡ɕarkə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

овча́рка • (ovčárkaf anim (genitive овча́рки, nominative plural овча́рки, genitive plural овча́рок, masculine овча́р, augmentative овча́рище)

  1. female equivalent of овча́р (ovčár): female shepherd, shepherdess
  2. sheepdog, herding dog
  3. German Shepherd

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ավչարկա (avčʻarka)

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “овчарка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 592

Further reading

  • овчарка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru