ovelha

Galician

Noun

ovelha f (plural ovelhas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of ovella

Further reading

• “ovelha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

ovelha

Etymology

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈve.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈve.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈve.ʎa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈvɐ(j).ʎɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈvɐ(j).ʎɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈbe.ʎɐ/ [ɔˈβe.ʎɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈve.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈve.ʎɐ/

• Hyphenation: o‧ve‧lha

Noun

ovelha f (plural ovelhas, masculine carneiro, masculine plural carneiros)

1. a female sheep; a ewe

   Antonym: carneiro

Derived terms

• ovelheiro

Related terms

• ovino
• Ovídio

Further reading

• “ovelha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ovelha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “ovelha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024