овен

See also: Овен

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈvɛn]

Noun

ове́н • (ovén) (feminine овца́)

1. ram (male sheep)
2. (astronomy) Aries (constellation)
3. (astrology) Aries (astrological sign)

Declension

Declension of ове́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	ове́н ovén	овни́ ovní
definite (subject form)	ове́нът ovénǎt	овни́те ovníte
definite (object form)	ове́на ovéna
count form	—	ове́на ovéna
vocative form	о́вньо óvnjo	овни́ ovní

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔvɛn]

Noun

овен • (oven) m (related adjective овнешки)

1. ram (male sheep)
2. (astrology) Aries

Declension

Declension of овен

	singular	plural
indefinite	овен	овни
definite unspecified	овенот	овните
definite proximal	овенов	овниве
definite distal	овенон	овнине
vocative	овену	овни
count form	—	овена

See also

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 (vodólija) ♒︎	ри́би (ríbi) ♓︎

References

• “овен”, in Правопис на македонскиот јазик (Pravopis na makedonskiot jazik) [Orthography of the Macedonian language] (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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

• ове́н: IPA^(key): [ɐˈvʲen] (standard but rare)
• о́вен: IPA^(key): [ˈovʲɪn] (non-standard but overwhelmingly more common)

Noun

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. (dated) ram (male sheep)
2. (astrology) an Aries (a person born with the Aries star sign)

Usage notes

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

Declension of ове́н, о́вен^* (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-b/a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ове́н, о́вен* ovén, óven*	овны́, о́вны* ovný, óvny*
genitive	овна́, о́вна* ovná, óvna*	овно́в, о́внов* ovnóv, óvnov*
dative	овну́, о́вну* ovnú, óvnu*	овна́м, о́внам* ovnám, óvnam*
accusative	овна́, о́вна* ovná, óvna*	овно́в, о́внов* ovnóv, óvnov*
instrumental	овно́м, о́вном* ovnóm, óvnom*	овна́ми, о́внами* ovnámi, óvnami*
prepositional	овне́, о́вне* ovné, óvne*	овна́х, о́внах* ovnáx, óvnax*

^* Non-standard but overwhelmingly more common.

Related terms

• Овен (Oven)
• овца́ (ovcá), ове́чка (ovéčka)
• ове́чий (ovéčij)