Galician

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Noun

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ovelha f (plural ovelhas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of ovella

Further reading

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  • ovelha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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ovelha

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese ovelha, from Latin ovicula (little sheep), diminutive of ovis (sheep), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis or *h₃éwis (sheep). Compare Galician ovella, Mirandese oubeilha, Spanish oveja.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: o‧ve‧lha

Noun

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ovelha f (plural ovelhas, masculine carneiro, masculine plural carneiros)

  1. a female sheep; a ewe
    Antonym: carneiro

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Further reading

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