ѡвечка

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• ове́чка (ovéčka)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *овь́чька (*ovĭ́čĭka), from Proto-Slavic *ovь̀čьka. By surface analysis, овца́ (ovcá) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Noun

ѡвечка • (ovečka) f animal

1. sheep, ewe

Noun

ѡвечка • (ovečka) f pers

1. (Christianity) sheep (a religious adherent)

Descendants

• Belarusian: аве́чка (avjéčka); ове́чка (ovjéčka) (dialectal)
• Ukrainian: ове́чка (ovéčka)

Further reading

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Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “овечка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 334