ѡвечка

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Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic *овь́чька (*ovĭ́čĭka), from Proto-Slavic *ovь̀čьka. By surface analysis, овца́ (ovcá) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Noun

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ѡвечка (ovečkaf animal

  1. sheep, ewe

Noun

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ѡвечка (ovečkaf pers

  1. (Christianity) sheep (a religious adherent)

Descendants

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  • Belarusian: аве́чка (avjéčka); ове́чка (ovjéčka) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ове́чка (ovéčka)

Further reading

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “овечка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 334