овьчѧ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From овьца (ovĭca) +‎ -ѧ (-ę), from Proto-Slavic *ovьca + *-ę.

Noun

овьчѧ • (ovĭčę) n

1. (diminutive) little sheep, lamb
   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), Codex Suprasliensis‎ (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.

Declension

Declension of овьчѧ (nt-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	осьлѧ osĭlę	осьлѧтѣ osĭlętě	осьлѧта osĭlęta
genitive	осьлѧте osĭlęte	осьлѧтоу osĭlętu	осьлѧтъ osĭlętŭ
dative	осьлѧти osĭlęti	осьлѧтьма osĭlętĭma	осьлѧтьмъ osĭlętĭmŭ
accusative	осьлѧ osĭlę	осьлѧтѣ osĭlętě	осьлѧта osĭlęta
instrumental	осьлѧтьмь osĭlętĭmĭ	осьлѧтьма osĭlętĭma	осьлѧтꙑ osĭlęty
locative	осьлѧте osĭlęte	осьлѧтоу osĭlętu	осьлѧтьхъ osĭlętĭxŭ
vocative	осьлѧ osĭlę	осьлѧтѣ osĭlętě	осьлѧта osĭlęta

References

• 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