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овен

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Church Slavonic овьнъ (ovĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [oˈvɛn]
  • Syllabification(key): о‧вен
  • Hyphenation(key): овен

Noun

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ове́н (ovén) (feminine овца́, relational adjective о́внешки, diminutive овне́ or ове́нче)

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. an Aries (person with the zodiac sign)

Declension

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References

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  • овен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • овен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “овен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 766

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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овен (ovenm (relational adjective овнешки)

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. (astrology) Aries

Declension

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See also

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Zodiac signs in Macedonian (layout · text)
о́вен (óven) бик (bik) бли́знаци (blíznaci) рак (rak)
лав (lav) де́вица (dévica) ва́га/тере́зија (vága/terézija) ско́рпија (skórpija)
стре́лец (strélec) ја́рец (járec) водо́лија/водо́леец (vodólija/vodóleec) ри́би (ríbi)

References

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  • овен”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language]‎[1] (in Macedonian), 2nd edition, Skopje: Institute of Macedonian language "Krste Misirkov" – Skopje, 2017, page 53
  • овен” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

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  • ове́н: IPA(key): [ɐˈvʲen] (standard but rare)
  • о́вен: IPA(key): [ˈovʲɪn] (non-standard but overwhelmingly more common)

Noun

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ове́н or о́вен* (ovén or óven*m anim (genitive овна́ or о́вна*, nominative plural овны́ or о́вны*, genitive plural овно́в or о́внов*) (* non-standard but overwhelmingly more common)

  1. (archaic) ram (male sheep)
    Synonym: бара́н (barán)
  2. (astrology) an Aries (a person born with the Aries star sign)

Usage notes

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The initial-syllable stress was revived at the end of the 1980s, after having fallen into obscurity almost 400 years prior, and is now far more common.

Declension

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