𐕒

𐕒 U+10552, 𐕒 CAUCASIAN ALBANIAN LETTER ON ← 𐕑 [U+10551] Caucasian Albanian 𐕓 → [U+10553]

Aghwan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [ɔ]

Letter

𐕒 (O)

1. The 35th letter of the Caucasian Albanian alphabet. Transliterated as O.
2. The numeral 8000 in Caucasian Albanian numbering.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Lezghian *ʔIʷeƛ̣ (“grass”), cognate with Rutul укь (uq̇), Aghul ъӏукӏ, Tabasaran укӏ (uḳ).

Noun

𐕒 (o)

1. grass
   • Bible, James 1.10:

     […] 𐔴̃𐕓𐕎 𐕂𐔼𐕂𐔼𐕣𐔰𐕎𐕣𐔴 𐕒𐔴 𐔸𐔰𐔱𐕈𐕆𐔰𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕣𐔴𐕛𐔰.

     […] ẽṭ'n c̣ic̣ikanke oe tabåhaanakeva.

     […] for like the flower of the grass he will pass away.

Descendants

• Udi: Udi: о (o)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Lezghian *a distal pronoun.

Pronoun

𐕒 (o) m

1. he
   • Bible, Isaiah 35.4:

     […] 𐕣𐔰𐕙𐕀𐔴𐕚𐕍𐔰𐕎𐕒𐔴𐕎𐔷𐔰𐕀𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺 […]

     […] karxesq̇anoenžaxbiyay […]

     […] He will save us.

Usage notes

It is an anaphoric pronoun. Often used with inflectional suffixes like -𐔺𐔰 (-ya) or -𐕒𐕡 (-u).

See also

Aghwan personal pronouns

				personal pronoun		possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
				subjective	reflexive
first person	singular			𐔵𐕒𐕡 (zu)	𐔼𐕖 (ič)	𐔱𐔴𐔵𐔼𐕒 (bezio)	𐔱𐔴𐔵𐔼 (bezi)
	plural			𐔷𐔰𐕎 (žan)		𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼𐕒 (bešio)	𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼 (beši)
second person	singular			𐕛𐕒𐕡𐕎 (vun)		𐕛𐔶𐕒 (vēo)	𐕛𐔶 (vē)
	plural			𐕛𐔽𐔰𐕎 (vˁan)		𐔱𐔽𐔴𐕔𐔼𐕒 (bˁefio)	𐔱𐔽𐔴𐕔𐔼 (bˁefi)
third person	singular		masculine	𐕒 (o)		𐕒𐔺𐔰 (oya)
			feminine	𐔰𐕘 (aġ)		𐔰𐕘𐔺𐔰 (aġya)
			neuter	𐔺𐔰 (ya) 𐔴𐔴 (ee)		𐔴𐕓𐔰 (eṭ'a)
	plural	masculine		𐕈͞𐕙 (å͞r)		𐕈͞𐔺 (å͞y)
		feminine		𐔰𐕘𐕒𐕡𐕙 (aġur)		𐔰𐕘𐕙𐕒𐔺 (aġroy)
		neuter		𐔴𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕙 (ebur)		𐔴𐔳𐕘𐕒𐔺 (edġoy)

Further reading

• Michael Everson and Jost Gippert - Proposal for encoding the Caucasian Albanian script in the SMP of the UCS
• Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page II-38, III-32