аўца

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [au̯ˈt͡sa]

Noun

аўца́ • (aŭcá) f animal (genitive аўцы́, nominative plural во́ўцы, genitive plural аве́ц or аўцо́ў)

1. (dated) sheep

   Synonym: (regular term, former diminutive) аве́чка (avjéčka)

Declension

Declension of аўца́ (anml hard fem-form accent-d а-во mixed-reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	аўца́ aŭcá	во́ўцы vóŭcy
genitive	аўцы́ aŭcý	аве́ц, аўцо́ў avjéc, aŭcóŭ
dative	аўцы́ aŭcý	во́ўцам vóŭcam
accusative	аўцу́ aŭcú	аве́ц, аўцо́ў avjéc, aŭcóŭ
instrumental	аўцо́й, аўцо́ю aŭcój, aŭcóju	во́ўцамі vóŭcami
locative	аўцы́ aŭcý	во́ўцах vóŭcax
count form	—	аўцы́1 aŭcý1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• аве́чы (avjéčy, “sheepish; related adjective”)

References

• “аўца” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org