ѡвца

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• овъца́ (ovcá), ѡвца́ (ovcá)
• вовца́ (vovcá), вувца́ (vuvcá), вувцѧ́ (vuvcjá), овцѧ́ (ovcjá) — Middle Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic овьца́ (ovĭcá), from Proto-Slavic *ovьcà.

Noun

ѡвца • (ovca) f animal (diminutive овечка)

1. sheep, ewe

Noun

ѡвца • (ovca) f pers (diminutive овечка)

1. (Christianity) sheep (a religious adherent)

Derived terms

• овечїй (ovečij)
• овечка (ovečka)
• овча (ovča)
• овчарничокъ (ovčarničok)
• овчарнѧ (ovčarnja)
• овчаръ (ovčar)
• овчатко (ovčatko)

Descendants

• Belarusian: аўца́ (aŭcá)
• Carpathian Rusyn: овця́ (ovcjá), вуця́ (vucjá)
• Ukrainian: вівця́ (vivcjá)

See also

• агнецъ (ahnecʹ)
• баранъ (baran)
• овенъ (oven)
• ꙗгнѧ (jahnja)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вовца”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 280
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*овця”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 74
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “овца”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 339
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1998), “вувца; вувця; овця”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 5 (впрашати – выпродати), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 71
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “вовца”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 109