ovelha

== Galician == === Noun === ovelha f (plural ovelhas, reintegrationist norm) reintegrationist spelling of ovella === Further reading === “ovelha”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === 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 === Rhymes: (Brazil) -eʎɐ Hyphenation: o‧ve‧lha === Noun === ovelha f (plural ovelhas, masculine carneiro, masculine plural carneiros) a female sheep; a ewe Antonym: carneiro ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ovelha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “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, 2015–2026, →ISBN “ovelha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026