ovca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éwis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ǒːʋtsa/
  • Hyphenation: ov‧ca

Noun

óvca f (Cyrillic spelling о́вца)

  1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension
Declension of ovca
singular plural
nominative óvca ȏvce
genitive ovce ovácā
dative ovci ovcama
accusative ovcu ovce
vocative ovco ovce
locative ovci ovcama
instrumental ovcom ovcama

References
  • “ovca” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éwis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔu̯t͡sa/

Noun

ovca f (genitive singular ovce, nominative plural ovce, genitive plural oviec, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension
Declension of ovca
singular plural
nominative ovca ovce
genitive ovce oviec
dative ovci ovciam
accusative ovce ovce
locative ovci ovciach
instrumental ovcou ovcami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • ovca in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьca, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éwis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ̀ːwtsa/
  • Tonal orthography: óvca

Noun

ôvca f (genitive ôvce or ovcé, nominative plural ôvce or ovcé)

  1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension
Declension of ôvca (feminine, a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative ôvca ôvci ôvce
accusative ôvco ôvci ôvce
genitive ôvce ôvc ôvc
dative ôvci ôvcama ôvcam
locative ôvci ôvcah ôvcah
instrumental ôvco ôvcama ôvcami
Declension of ôvca (feminine, a-stem, mobile accent)
singular dual plural
nominative ôvca ovcé ovcé
accusative ovcó ovcé ovcé
genitive ovcé ovác ovác
dative ôvci ovcáma ovcàm
locative ôvci ovcàh ovcàh
instrumental ovcó ovcáma ovcámi
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