Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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From овьца (ovĭca) +‎ (), from Proto-Slavic *ovьca + *-ę.

Noun

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овьчѧ (ovĭčęn

  1. (diminutive) little sheep, lamb
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 230, line 20:
      чꙿто ѥ слово · что꙯ коварь҆ство · чꙿто ѥ҆ мꙑсль сьнитию̑ ѥ҅го · ѥ҅же въ а҅дъ · некли а҅дама съвꙙꙁь҆нꙗ и҅ намъ клеврѣта въꙁвестъ съходитъ · въ и҅стинѫ пръвоꙁъданааго · о҅вчꙙте погꙑбъшааго въꙁискатъ грꙙдетъ о̑убо ·
      What is the reason, what the craft, what is the thought behind his descent into Hell? Perhaps he descends to lead up Adam, the prisoner and our fellow-servant. So indeed he goes to seek out the first-formed man, the lost little sheep.

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