овьчѧ
Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From овьца (ovĭca) + -ѧ (-ę), from Proto-Slavic *ovьca + *-ę.
Noun
овьчѧ • (ovĭčę) n
- (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.
- Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 230, line 20:
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | овьчѧ ovĭčę |
овьчѧтѣ ovĭčętě |
овьчѧта ovĭčęta |
| genitive | овьчѧте ovĭčęte |
овьчѧтоу ovĭčętu |
овьчѧтъ ovĭčętŭ |
| dative | овьчѧти ovĭčęti |
овьчѧтьма ovĭčętĭma |
овьчѧтьмъ ovĭčętĭmŭ |
| accusative | овьчѧ ovĭčę |
овьчѧтѣ ovĭčętě |
овьчѧта ovĭčęta |
| instrumental | овьчѧтьмь ovĭčętĭmĭ |
овьчѧтьма ovĭčętĭma |
овьчѧтꙑ ovĭčęty |
| locative | овьчѧте ovĭčęte |
овьчѧтоу ovĭčętu |
овьчѧтьхъ ovĭčętĭxŭ |
| vocative | овьчѧ ovĭčę |
овьчѧтѣ ovĭčętě |
овьчѧта ovĭčęta |
Further reading
- “овьчѧ”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
- Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “овьчѧ”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk
- Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “овьчѧ”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae) (overall work in Czech), Prague: Euroslavica
- Halla-aho, Jussi (2006), Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki