овца

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ofˈt͡sa/

Noun

овца • (ovcá) f (masculine овен)

  1. a sheep (usually a female one), a ewe

Inflection

Inflection of овца (ovca)
singular plural
indefinite овца овце (ovce), овци (ovci)
definite овцата (ovcata) овцете (ovcete), овците (ovcite)
vocative form овцо (ovco) овце (ovce), овци (ovci)

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔft͡sa/

Noun

овца • (ovca) f

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

Inflection

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

овца́ • (ovcá) f anim (genitive овцы́, nominative plural о́вцы, genitive plural ове́ц)

  1. sheep
  2. ewe
  3. (derogatory, informal) cow (a stupid woman)

Declension

Declension of овца́ (anim fem-form ц-stem accent-d irreg) 
singular plural
nominative овца́
ovcá		 о́вцы
óvcy
genitive овцы́
ovcý		 ове́ц△
ovéc△
dative овце́
ovcé		 о́вцам
óvcam
accusative овцу́
ovcú		 ове́ц△
ovéc△
instrumental овцо́й, овцо́ю
ovcój, ovcóju		 о́вцами
óvcami
prepositional овце́
ovcé		 о́вцах
óvcax

△ Irregular.

Pre-reform declension of овца́ (anim fem-form ц-stem accent-d irreg) 
singular plural
nominative овца́
ovcá		 о́вцы
óvcy
genitive овцы́
ovcý		 ове́цъ△
ovéc△
dative овцѣ́
ovcě́		 о́вцамъ
óvcam
accusative овцу́
ovcú		 ове́цъ△
ovéc△
instrumental овцо́й, овцо́ю
ovcój, ovcóju		 о́вцами
óvcami
prepositional овцѣ́
ovcě́		 о́вцахъ
óvcax

△ Irregular.

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒːʋtsa/
  • Hyphenation: ов‧ца

Noun

о́вца f (Latin spelling óvca)

  1. sheep (mammal)

Declension

References

  • “овца” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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