ovca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒːʋt͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: ov‧ca

Noun

óvca f (Cyrillic spelling о́вца)

  1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension

Declension of ovca
singular plural
nominative óvca ȏvce
genitive óvcē ovácā
dative óvci óvcama / òvcama
accusative óvcu ȏvce
vocative ȏvco ȏvce
locative óvci óvcama / òvcama
instrumental óvcōm óvcama / òvcama

Further reading

  • “ovca”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔu̯t͡sa/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ovca f (relational adjective ovčí, diminutive ovečka)

  1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension

Declension of ovca
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativeovcaovce
genitiveovceoviec
dativeovciovciam
accusativeovcuovce
locativeovciovciach
instrumentalovcouovcami

Further reading

  • “ovca”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀ːʋt͡sa/

Noun

óvca f

  1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension

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.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. ôvca
gen. sing. ôvce
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		ôvca ôvci ôvce
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		ôvce ôvc ôvc
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		ôvci ôvcama ôvcam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		ôvco ôvci ôvce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		ôvci ôvcah ôvcah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		ôvco ôvcama ôvcami
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.
Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. ôvca
gen. sing. ovcé
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		ôvca ovcé ovcé
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		ovcé ovác ovác
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		ôvci ovcáma ovcàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		ovcó ovcé ovcé
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		ôvci ovcàh ovcàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		ovcó ovcáma ovcámi

Further reading

  • “ovca”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “ovca”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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