sheep
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English schep, schepe, from Anglian Old English sċēp (West Saxon sċēap), from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą, of unknown origin.
Perhaps from the same Scythian word (compare Ossetian цӕу (cæw, “goat”), Persian چپش (čapiš, “yearling goat”)) which was borrowed into Albanian as cjap, sqap (“buck”) and into Slavic (compare Polish cap). After Kroonen, *skēpą is instead from the root of Proto-Germanic *skabaną (“to scratch”) via Kluge's law.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots sheep (“sheep”), Yola sheep, zheep (“sheep”), North Frisian schep, schäip, Sjip (“sheep”), Saterland Frisian Schäip, Skäip (“sheep”), West Frisian skiep (“sheep”), Alemannic German Schaf, Schooff (“sheep”), Bavarian Schof, Schouf, Schåf (“sheep”), Dutch schaap (“sheep”), German Schaf (“sheep”), German Low German Schaap (“sheep”), Limburgish Schoëp, sjaop (“sheep”), Luxembourgish Schof (“sheep”), Vilamovian siöf (“sheep”), Yiddish שאָף (shof, “sheep”).
Inflected forms:
form: sheep
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sheeps
pos: noun
tags: childish
humorous
nonstandard
plural
form: shoop
pos: noun
tags: alternative
humorous
nonstandard
form: sheepe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly.
gloss: A member of the domestic species Ovis aries, the most well-known species of Ovis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A timid, shy person who is easily led by others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community (compare flock).
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural
examples: 1990, Dave Mustaine, "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due", Megadeth, Rust in Peace.
And fools like me, who cross the sea and come to foreign lands / Ask the sheep, for their beliefs do you kill on God's command?
gloss: Sheepskin leather.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A person who is easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with goat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Synonyms: Ovis
sheep
Related words: Aries
ewe
hogg
lamb
mutton
ovine
ram
teg
tup
wether
coward
shy person
Derived words: antisheep
Barbary sheep
bighorn sheep
bitesheep
Bizet sheep
black sheep
blue sheep
count sheep
Dall sheep
Dall's sheep
domestic sheep
don't teach your grandmother to steal sheep
fat-rumped sheep
fat-tailed sheep
geep
giraffe sheep
iSheep
Jacob sheep
leaf sheep
lost sheep
Marco Polo sheep
microsheep
mountain sheep
Nairobi sheep disease
nonsheep
one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb
run sheep run
scabby sheep
separate the sheep from the goats
sheepback
sheep-bell
sheepberry
sheep-biter
sheep-biting
sheepcote
sheep crab
sheep-dip
sheepdog
sheep dog
sheepdom
sheep drowner
sheep-faced
sheep farmer
sheepflesh
sheepfold
sheepfucker
sheep-headed
sheepherder
sheepherding
sheephook
sheephouse
sheep in wolf's clothing
sheepish
sheep ked
sheepkind
sheep laurel
sheeple
sheepless
sheeplet
sheeplike
sheep-like
sheepling
sheep liver fluke
sheep louse
sheepman
sheepmaster
sheep measles
sheepmeat
sheep milk
sheepness
sheepo
sheep polypore
sheeppox
sheep-run
sheepsfoot
sheepshagger
sheep shagger
sheep-shagger
sheepshank
sheepshead
sheepshearer
sheepshearing
sheepshit
sheep-silver
sheepskin
sheep-skin
sheep sorrel
sheep-split
sheep station
sheepstealer
sheepstealing
sheep tick
sheeptrack
sheepwalk
sheepwash
sheepway
sheepy
sheepyard
shepherd
Shepway
Shipley
shoat
shoop
snow sheep
Spanish sheep
Stone sheep
thinhorn sheep
vegetable sheep
watersheep
white sheep
wolf guarding the sheep
wolf in sheep's clothing
Xalda sheep
Translations:
lang: Abenaki
word: azib
lang: Acehnese
word: bubiri
lang: Afar
word: idá
lang: Afar
word: marúw
lang: Afrikaans
word: skaap
lang: Afrikaans
word: skape
lang: Ainu
word: ヒチュチ
roman: hicuci
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒇻
roman: immeru
lang: Albanian
word: delme
lang: Albanian
word: dele
lang: Albanian
word: berr
lang: Amharic
word: በግ
roman: bäg
lang: Ao
word: san (Chungli)
lang: Chiricahua
word: dibéhé
lang: Jicarilla
word: dibé
lang: Western Apache
word: dibéé
lang: Western Apache
word: dobéé
lang: Western Apache
word: dibéłįį
lang: Western Apache
word: bee’é
lang: Western Apache
word: mee’é
lang: Western Apache
word: mę’é
lang: Arabic
word: خَرُوف
roman: ḵarūf
lang: Arabic
word: ضَأْن
roman: ḍaʔn
lang: Arabic
word: غَنَم
roman: ḡanam
lang: Arabic
word: شاء
roman: šāʔ
lang: Arabic
word: حَمَل
roman: ḥamal
lang: Arabic
word: خروف
roman: ḵarūf
lang: Arabic
word: خاروف
roman: ḵārūf
lang: Arabic
word: غنمة
roman: ḡanama
lang: Arabic
word: غنم
roman: ḡanam
lang: Iraqi Arabic
word: غنم
roman: ḡanam
lang: Arabic
word: غنم
roman: ḡnam
lang: Arabic
word: خروف
roman: ḵrūf
lang: Arabic
word: خروفة
roman: ḵrūfa
lang: Arabic
word: نعجة
roman: naʕja
lang: Arabic
word: حولي
roman: ḥawli
lang: Arabic
word: خروف
roman: ḵarūf
lang: Arabic
word: غنمة
roman: ḡaname
lang: Arabic
word: غنم
roman: ḡanam
lang: Armenian
word: ոչխար
roman: očʻxar
lang: Aromanian
word: oai (roa-rup)
lang: Aromanian
word: oae
lang: Assamese
word: ভেৰা
roman: bhera
lang: Assamese
word: ভেড়া
roman: bhera
lang: Assamese
word: ভেৰা ছাগলী
roman: bhera sagoli
lang: Assamese
word: ভেড়া ছাগলী
roman: bhera sagoli
lang: Asturian
word: oveya
lang: Aymara
word: iwija
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qoyun
lang: Bactrian
word: ποσο
roman: poso
lang: Bakhtiari
word: میش
roman: mēš
lang: Balinese
word: biri-biri
lang: Baluchi
word: میش
roman: mēš
lang: Baluchi
word: پس
roman: pas
lang: Bangi
word: mbata
lang: Bashkir
word: һарыҡ
roman: harıq
lang: Basque
word: ardi
lang: Dairi Batak
word: biri-biri
lang: Karo Batak
word: biri-biri
lang: Belarusian
word: аве́чка
roman: avjéčka
lang: Belarusian
word: аўца́
roman: awcá
lang: Bengali
word: ভেড়া
roman: bheṛa
lang: Bengali
word: মেষ
roman: meś
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: koming
lang: Brahui
word: melle
lang: Breton
word: dañvad
lang: Breton
word: maout
lang: Breton
word: dañvadez
lang: Bulgarian
word: овца́
roman: ovcá
lang: Burmese
word: သိုး
roman: sui:
lang: Burmese
word: ဆိတ်ကုလား
roman: hcitku.la:
lang: Buryat
word: хонин
roman: xonin
lang: Catalan
word: ovella
lang: Chechen
word: уьстагӏ
roman: üstağ
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏫ ᎤᏃᏕᎾ
roman: awi unodena
lang: Chichewa
word: nkhosa
lang: Chickasaw
word: chokfi
lang: Chickasaw
word: chokfi ishto'
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 綿羊 /绵羊
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 羊
roman: joeng⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 羊咩
roman: joeng⁴ me¹
lang: Chinese
word: мянён
roman: mi͡ani͡on
lang: Chinese
word: ён
roman: i͡on
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 綿羊 /绵羊
roman: mièng-iòng
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 綿羊 /绵羊
roman: mièn-yòng
lang: Chinese
word: 綿羊 /绵羊
roman: mî-iûⁿ
lang: Chinese
word: 羊
roman: iûⁿ
lang: Chinese
word: 羊仔
roman: iûⁿ-á
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 綿羊 /绵羊
roman: miányáng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 羊
roman: yáng
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 綿羊 /绵羊
roman: ⁶mi-yan₆
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 湖羊
roman: ⁶wu-yan₆
lang: Chuukese
word: siip
lang: Chuvash
word: сурӑх
roman: surăh
lang: Maore Comorian
word: ɓariɓari
lang: Cornish
word: davas
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: qoy
lang: Czech
word: ovce
lang: Danish
word: får
lang: Daur
word: xonii
lang: Dongxiang
word: ghoni
lang: Dutch
word: schaap
lang: Dzongkha
word: ལུག
roman: lug
lang: Ifè
word: àgùɖã̀
lang: Edo
word: óhuán
lang: Esperanto
word: ŝafo
lang: Estonian
word: lammas
lang: Evenki
word: беру
roman: beru
lang: Ewe
word: alẽ
lang: Faroese
word: seyður
lang: Finnish
word: lammas
lang: French
word: mouton
lang: North Frisian
word: schep
lang: North Frisian
word: schäip
lang: Saterland Frisian
word: Skäip
lang: West-Frisian
word: skiep
lang: Friulian
word: piore
lang: Friulian
word: fede
lang: Galician
word: ovella
lang: Galician
word: motóa
lang: Galician
word: almella
lang: Galician
word: andosca
lang: Gamilaraay
word: thimba
lang: Gaulish
word: multon-
lang: Ge'ez
word: በግዕ
roman: baggə'
lang: Georgian
word: ცხვარი
roman: cxvari
lang: German
word: Schaf
lang: Gondi
word: గొర్రె
roman: gorre
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱
roman: lamb
lang: Greek
word: πρόβατο
roman: próvato
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οἶς
roman: oîs
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πρόβατον
roman: próbaton
lang: Mariupol Greek
word: про́вату
roman: próvatu
lang: Mycenaean Greek
word: 𐀥
roman: qi
lang: Tsakonian
word: βάννε
roman: vánne
lang: Greenlandic
word: sava
lang: Mbya Guarani
word: ovexa
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: ovecha
lang: Gujarati
word: ઘેટું
roman: gheṭũ
lang: Haitian Creole
word: mouton
lang: Hausa
word: tunkìyā
lang: Hawaiian
word: hipa
lang: Hebrew
word: כֶּבֶשׂ
roman: kéves
lang: Hindi
word: भेड़
roman: bheṛ
lang: Hindi
word: मेष
roman: meṣ
lang: Hungarian
word: juh
lang: Hungarian
word: birka
lang: Icelandic
word: sauður
lang: Icelandic
word: sauðkind
lang: Icelandic
word: kind
lang: Icelandic
word: fé
lang: Icelandic
word: sauðfé
lang: Icelandic
word: ær (ewe)
lang: Icelandic
word: rolla
lang: Ido
word: mutono
lang: Igala
word: álá
lang: Igala
word: àgwùtọ̀
lang: Igbo
word: atụlū
lang: Indonesian
word: domba
lang: Indonesian
word: biri-biri
lang: Ingrian
word: lammas
lang: Ingush
word: устагӏ
roman: ustağ
lang: Interlingua
word: ove
lang: Irish
word: caora
lang: Middle Irish
word: cáera
lang: Old Irish
word: cauru
lang: Italian
word: pecora
lang: Itsekiri
word: àgútàn
lang: Izon
word: ọnị́na
lang: Japanese
word: 羊
roman: hitsují
lang: Japanese
word: ヒツジ
roman: hitsuji
lang: Japanese
word: 綿羊
roman: men'yō
lang: Javanese
word: wedhus
lang: Jeju
word: 양
roman: yang
lang: Jurchen
word: honi
lang: Kabyle
word: ikerri
lang: Kalmyk
word: хөн
roman: xön
lang: Kannada
word: ಕುರಿ
roman: kuri
lang: Karelian
word: lammas
lang: S'gaw Karen
word: သိ
roman: thoh
lang: Kashmiri
word: کَٹھ
roman: kaṭh
lang: Kashmiri
word: گٔب
roman: gạb
lang: Kashubian
word: òwca
lang: Kazakh
word: қой
roman: qoi
lang: Khmer
word: ចៀម
roman: ciəm
lang: Kituba
word: dimeme
lang: Komi-Permyak
word: ыж
roman: yž
lang: Kongo
word: meme
lang: Korean
word: 양
roman: yang
lang: Korean
word: 면양
roman: myeonyang
lang: Middle Korean
word: 야ᇰ
roman: yang
lang: Central Kurdish
word: مەڕ
roman: merr
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mî (ewe)
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mih (ewe)
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: beran
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: pez
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: berx
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: berindir
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: beyindir
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кой
roman: koy
lang: Ladin
word: biescia
lang: Lak
word: тта
roman: t:a
lang: Lao
word: ແກະ
roman: kæ
lang: Latgalian
word: vuška
lang: Latin
word: ovis
lang: Latvian
word: aita
lang: Latvian
word: avs
lang: Laz
word: ჩხური
roman: çxuri
lang: Ligurian
word: pêgoa
lang: Limburgish
word: sjaop
lang: Lingala
word: mpata
lang: Lingala
word: meme
lang: Lithuanian
word: avis
lang: Livonian
word: lāmbaz
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: mouton
lang: Low German
word: Schaap
lang: Low German
word: Schoop
lang: Lü
word: ᦵᦈᧃ
roman: ṫsen
lang: Luganda
word: endiga
lang: Luhya
word: likhese
lang: Lusitanian
word: oilam
lang: Lutuv
word: tuv
lang: Luwian
word: 𒄩𒀀𒌑𒄿𒅖
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Schof
lang: Lycian
word: 𐊜𐊀𐊇𐊙
roman: χawã
lang: Macedonian
word: овца
roman: ovca
lang: Maguindanao
word: bili-bili
lang: Makasar
word: biri-biri
lang: Malagasy
word: besavily
lang: Malagasy
word: ondry
lang: Malay
word: biri-biri
lang: Malay
word: bebiri
lang: Malay
word: kambing biri-biri
lang: Malay
word: kambing bebiri
lang: Malay
word: domba
lang: Malayalam
word: ചെമ്മരിയാട്
roman: cemmariyāṭŭ
lang: Maltese
word: nagħġa
lang: Maltese
word: nagħaġ
lang: Manchu
word: ᡥᠣᠨᡳᠨ
roman: honin
lang: Manx
word: keyrrey
lang: Māori
word: pirikahu
lang: Māori
word: hipi
lang: Maranao
word: bili-bili
lang: Marathi
word: मेंढी
roman: meṇḍhī
lang: Eastern Mari
word: шорык
roman: šoryk
lang: Western Mari
word: шарык
roman: šaryk
lang: Mazanderani
word: گاسفند
roman: gâsfand
lang: Mazanderani
word: گسن
roman: gəsan
lang: Central Melanau
word: biri-biri
lang: Middle English
word: schep
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: jijgluewj
lang: Mingrelian
word: შხური
roman: šxuri
lang: Mirandese
word: canhona
lang: Mirandese
word: oubeilha
lang: Mon
word: သဵု
roman: sɒ
lang: Mongolian
word: хонь
roman: xonʹ
lang: Nahuatl
word: ichcatl
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: ichcatl
lang: Nanai
word: хонин
roman: honin
lang: Navajo
word: dibé
lang: Nengone
word: mamoe
lang: Nepali
word: भेंडा
roman: bheṇḍā
lang: Nias
word: biri-biri
lang: Nigerian Pidgin
word: sheep
lang: Norman
word: mouton
lang: Norwegian
word: sau
lang: Norwegian
word: får
lang: Nupe
word: kingbàgbà
lang: Occitan
word: feda
lang: Occitan
word: oelha
lang: Odia
word: ମେଣ୍ଢା
roman: meṇḍhā
lang: Ojibwe
word: maanishtaanish
lang: Church Slavic
word: овьца
roman: ovĭca
lang: Church Slavic
word: ⱁⰲⱐⱌⰰ
roman: ovĭca
lang: Old East Slavic
word: овьца
roman: ovĭca
lang: Old English
word: scēap
lang: Old Norse
word: sauðr
lang: Old Norse
word: fær
lang: Olukumi
word: àgùntàn
lang: Oromo
word: hoolaa
lang: Ossetian
word: фыс
roman: fys
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: овца
roman: ovca
lang: Pashto
word: مړېيه
roman: lṛeyǝ́
lang: Pashto
word: مېږ
roman: meẓ
lang: Pashto
word: مږه
roman: mᶕɀa
lang: Pashto
word: پسه
roman: pəsᶕ, psᶕ
lang: Pashto
word: ګډه
roman: gǝ́ḍa
lang: Dari
word: گوسْفَنْد
roman: gōsfand
lang: Dari
word: میش
roman: mēš
lang: Dari
word: قُوچ
roman: qūč
lang: Iranian Persian
word: گوسْفَنْد
roman: gusfand
lang: Iranian Persian
word: میش
roman: miš
lang: Iranian Persian
word: قوچ
roman: ġuč
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schop (nds)
lang: Polabian
word: vicĕ
lang: Polish
word: owca
lang: Portuguese
word: ovelha
lang: Punic
word: 𐤔
roman: s
lang: Punjabi
word: ਭੇਡ
roman: bheḍ
lang: Punjabi
word: بھیڈ
roman: bheḍ
lang: Quechua
word: uwija
lang: Rohingya
word: sóol
lang: Romagnol
word: pégra
lang: Romagnol
word: pégura
lang: Romani
word: bakro
lang: Romani
word: bakri
lang: Romanian
word: oaie
lang: Romansh
word: nursa
lang: Romansh
word: nuorsa
lang: Romansh
word: besch
lang: Russian
word: овца́
roman: ovcá
lang: Russian
word: ове́чка
roman: ovéčka
lang: Inari-Sami
word: savzâ
lang: Northern Sami
word: sávza
lang: Samoan
word: mamoe
lang: Sango
word: walitaba
lang: Sanskrit
word: अवि
roman: avi
lang: Sanskrit
word: अविक
roman: avika
lang: Santali
word: ᱵᱷᱤᱰᱤ
roman: bhiḍi
lang: Sardinian
word: brebei
lang: Sardinian
word: berbeghe
lang: Sardinian
word: barveghe
lang: Sardinian
word: chessi
lang: Sardinian
word: tzicca
lang: Sardinian
word: erveche
lang: Sardinian
word: odda
lang: Sardinian
word: argasa
lang: Scots
word: sheep
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: caora
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: овца
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ован
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: јагње
roman: lamb
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: јање
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ovca
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ovan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: jagnje
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: janje
lang: Seychellois Creole
word: mouton
lang: Shan
word: သူဝ်း
roman: só
lang: Sidamo
word: gerechcho
lang: Simeulue
word: biri-biri
lang: Sindhi
word: رڍ
roman: rḍh
lang: Sinhalese
word: බැටළුවා
roman: bæṭaḷuwā
lang: Slovak
word: ovca
lang: Slovene
word: ôvca
lang: Slovene
word: ôven
lang: Somali
word: ido
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: wójca
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: wowca
lang: Sotho
word: nku
lang: Sotho
word: dinku
lang: Spanish
word: carnero
lang: Spanish
word: oveja
lang: Sumerian
word: 𒇻
roman: UDU
lang: Swahili
word: kondoo
lang: Swedish
word: får
lang: Tagalog
word: tupa
lang: Tagalog
word: obeha
lang: Tajik
word: гӯсфанд
roman: güsfand
lang: Talysh
word: pəs
lang: Talysh
word: پس
roman: pas
lang: Tamil
word: செம்மறியாடு
roman: cemmaṟiyāṭu
lang: Taos
word: kʼúona
lang: Tatar
word: сарык
roman: sarıq
lang: Telugu
word: గొర్రె
roman: gorre
lang: Tetum
word: bibi malae
lang: Thai
word: แกะ
roman: gɛ̀
lang: Tibetan
word: ལུག
roman: lug
lang: Tigrinya
word: በጊዕ
roman: bägiʿ
lang: Tocharian B
word: śaiyye
lang: Tok Pisin
word: sipsip
lang: Tongan
word: sipi
lang: Tooro
word: entaama class 9
lang: Tsonga
word: nyimpfu
lang: Tswana
word: nku
lang: Tumbuka
word: mberere
lang: Turkish
word: koyun
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قویون
roman: koyun
lang: Turkmen
word: goýun
lang: Tuvan
word: хой
roman: xoy
lang: Ukrainian
word: вівця́
roman: vivcjá
lang: Urdu
word: بھیڑ
roman: bheṛ
lang: Urdu
word: گوسْفَنْد
roman: gosfand
lang: Urdu
word: میش
roman: meś
lang: Uyghur
word: قوي
roman: qoy
lang: Uzbek
word: qoʻy
lang: Uzbek
word: goʻsfand
lang: Venetan
word: piègora
lang: Venetan
word: pégora
lang: Venetan
word: pigora
lang: Venetan
word: piovra
lang: Venetan
word: feda
lang: Venetan
word: féda
lang: Veps
word: lambaz
lang: Vietnamese
word: cừu
lang: Vilamovian
word: siöf
lang: Volapük
word: jip
lang: Võro
word: lammas
lang: Votic
word: lammõz
lang: Walloon
word: bedot
lang: Walloon
word: moton
lang: Welsh
word: dafad
lang: Welsh
word: defaid
lang: Woiwurrung
word: eu-ep
lang: Wolof
word: xar mi
lang: Yakut
word: хой
roman: qoy
lang: Yiddish
word: שעפּס
roman: sheps
lang: Yiddish
word: שאָף
roman: shof
lang: Yoruba
word: àgùtàn
lang: Zazaki
word: mi
lang: Zazaki
word: kavır (diq)
lang: Zhuang
word: yiengz
lang: Zulu
word: imvu