Noun: oveja
Gender: f
Hyphenation: o‧ve‧ja
| Singular f | oveja |
| Plural f | ovejas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like oveja
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish oueja, from Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Portuguese ovelha, Russian овца (ovca) See: Old Spanish Nouns '
oueja', Old Spanish Nouns '
oueja', Latin Nouns '
ovicula', Portuguese Nouns '
ovelha', Russian Nouns '
овца'.
Verbs referencing "oveja"
Portuguese Nouns
ovelha, Galician Nouns
ovella, Asturian Nouns
oveya.
Translations