oy

See also: Oy, OY, -’oy, oý, oÿ, öý, and Appendix:Variations of "oy"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish אוי‎ (oy, “oh, oy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Interjection

oy

  1. An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.

See also

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely a derivative of *h₂éwis (“bird”) (whence also Latin avis (“bird”)). Compare Welsh wy, Breton vi.

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɔˑɪ]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ʊˑɪ]

Noun

oy m (plural oyow)

  1. egg

Derived terms

  • gwynn oy
  • melyn oy
  • oy bryjys
  • oy frankres
  • oy friys
  • oy skramblys

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse ey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔiːj]

Noun

oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar)

  1. (obsolete, kvæði) island

Usage notes

Survives in Faroese island names, e.g. Borðoy, Eysturoy, Fugloy, Hestoy, Kalsoy, Kunoy, Nólsoy, Sandoy, Skúvoy, Streymoy, Suðuroy, Svínoy, Vágoy Viðoy and Føroyar

Declension

(NB: This is not in use at the island names, see oyggj)

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative oy oyin oyar oyarnar
Accusative oy oyina oyar oyarnar
Dative oy oyini oyum oyunum
Genitive oyar oyarinnar oya oyanna

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From osakeyhtiö.

Initialism

oy

  1. LLC (limited liability company)

Usage notes

According to KOTUS the non-capitalized form oy is the recommended one. It is also used in the current Limited Liability Companies Act in force since 2006. In the older law the abbreviation was Oy and it is still widely used in non-official contexts.

Declension

Declension of oy (type maa)
singular plural
nominative oy oy:t
genitive oy:n oy:iden
oy:itten
partitive oy:tä oy:itä
accusative oy
oy:n		 oy:t
inessive oy:ssä oy:issä
elative oy:stä oy:istä
illative oy:hyn oy:ihin
adessive oy:llä oy:illä
ablative oy:ltä oy:iltä
allative oy:lle oy:ille
essive oy:nä oy:inä
translative oy:ksi oy:iksi
instructive – oy:in
abessive oy:ttä oy:ittä
comitative – oy:ineen

See also

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hodie. Cognates include Old Portuguese oge.

Adverb

oy

  1. today

Descendants

Scots

Interjection

oy

  1. Alternative spelling of oigh

Noun

oy (plural oys)

  1. grandchild

Turkish

Pronunciation

Noun

oy (definite accusative oyu, plural oylar)

  1. (obsolete) thought
  2. vote

Declension

Inflection
Nominative oy
Definite accusative oyu
Singular Plural
Nominative oy oylar
Definite accusative oyu oyları
Dative oya oylara
Locative oyda oylarda
Ablative oydan oylardan
Genitive oyun oyların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular oyum oylarım
2nd singular oyun oyların
3rd singular oyu oyları
1st plural oyumuz oylarımız
2nd plural oyunuz oylarınız
3rd plural oyları oyları

Synonyms

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic ой‍
Roman oy‍
Perso-Arabic ‍‍

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”). Compare Uyghur ئاي‎ (ay), Turkish ay (“moon”), Turkmen aý (“moon”).

Noun

oy (plural oylar)

  1. month
  2. moon

Declension

Volapük

Pronoun

oy

  1. (indefinite personal pronoun) one
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