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

Noun

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ѡвца (ovcaf animal (diminutive овечка)

  1. sheep, ewe

Noun

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ѡвца (ovcaf pers (diminutive овечка)

  1. (Christianity) sheep (a religious adherent)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

See also

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Further reading

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  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вовца”, in Історичний словник українського язика (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. (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 74
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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “овца”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (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. (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. (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