ovelha
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese ovelha, from Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis or *h₃éwis (“sheep”). Compare Galician ovella, Mirandese oubeilha, Spanish oveja.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: o‧ve‧lha
Noun edit
ovelha f (plural ovelhas, masculine carneiro, masculine plural carneiros)