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

Related terms

• óvan

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:

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Noun

ovca f (relational adjective ovčí, diminutive ovečka)

1. sheep (mammal), ewe

Declension

Declension of ovca

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

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