See also: Овен

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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Declension of овен
singular plural
indefinite овен (oven) овни (ovni)
definite unspecified овенот (ovenot) овните (ovnite)
definite proximal овенов (ovenov) овниве (ovnive)
definite distal овенон (ovenon) овнине (ovnine)
vocative овену (ovenu) овни (ovni)
count form овена (ovena)

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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)

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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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