овен

See also: Овен

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oˈvɛn]

Noun

ове́н (ovén) (feminine овца́)

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

Declension

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔvɛn]

Noun

овен (oven) m (related adjective овнешки)

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

Declension

See also

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

  • 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

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