See also: Овен

Bulgarian Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

ове́н (ovén) (feminine овца́)

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

Declension Edit

Macedonian Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

овен (ovenm (relational adjective овнешки)

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

Declension Edit

See also Edit

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 Edit

  • 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 Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

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

Noun Edit

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 Edit

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 Edit

Related terms Edit