ѡвечка
Old Ruthenian
Alternative forms
- ове́чка (ovéčka)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic *овь́чька (*ovĭ́čĭka), from Proto-Slavic *ovь̀čьka. By surface analysis, овца́ (ovcʲá) + -ка (-ka).
Noun
ѡ҆ве́чка • (ovéčka) f anim
- sheep, ewe
- (Christianity) sheep (a religious adherent)
Descendants
- Belarusian: аве́чка (avjéčka); ове́чка (ovjéčka) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ове́чка (ovéčka)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “овечка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 334