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oy

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "oy"

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Interjection

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oy

  1. An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Interjection

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oy

  1. Alternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”)

Anagrams

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Cornish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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oy m (plural oyow)

  1. egg

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Faroese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ey.

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Noun

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oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) island

Usage notes

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

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(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

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈoːˌyː/, [ˈo̞ːˌyː]
  • Rhymes: -yː

Noun

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oy

  1. (business) LLC; initialism of osakeyhtiö (“limited liability company”).

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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

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Inflection of oy (Kotus type 18/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
abessive oy:ttä oy:ittä
instructive – oy:in
comitative – oy:ineen

See also

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Further reading

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Gutnish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō. Cognates include Swedish ö, and Faroese oy.

Noun

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oy f (definite oyi)

  1. island

Ladino

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Etymology 1

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From Latin hodiē (compare Spanish hoy, Portuguese hoje).

Noun

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oy f (Latin spelling)

  1. child

Etymology 2

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From Latin creatūra (compare Spanish criatura).

Adverb

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oy

  1. today

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin hodie. Cognates include Old Galician-Portuguese oge.

Adverb

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oy

  1. today

Descendants

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  • Ladino: oy
  • Spanish: hoy

Scots

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Interjection

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oy

  1. Alternative spelling of oigh

Noun

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oy (plural oys)

  1. grandchild

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: English hey, Mandarin 哎 (āi), Latin eia, Czech ahoj, and Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).

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Interjection

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oy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜌ᜔)

  1. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!
    Oy, tingnan n'yo 'to!
    Hey, look at this!
  2. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!
    Oy! 'Wag!
    Hey! Don't!
  3. (colloquial, informal) an informal greeting: hey!
    Oy! Kamusta?
    Hey! How are you?
  4. (colloquial, informal) an expression of surprise: hey!
    Oy! Bago 'to ah!
    Hey! This is new!

Anagrams

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Tocharian A

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Interjection

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oy

  1. alas

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Ottoman Turkish اوی (oy, “thought”) Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ōδ.

Noun

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oy (definite accusative oyu, plural oylar)

  1. (obsolete) thought
  2. vote
Declension
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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
Nominative
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
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular oyumu oylarımı
2nd singular oyunu oylarını
3rd singular oyunu oylarını
1st plural oyumuzu oylarımızı
2nd plural oyunuzu oylarınızı
3rd plural oylarını oylarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular oyuma oylarıma
2nd singular oyuna oylarına
3rd singular oyuna oylarına
1st plural oyumuza oylarımıza
2nd plural oyunuza oylarınıza
3rd plural oylarına oylarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular oyumda oylarımda
2nd singular oyunda oylarında
3rd singular oyunda oylarında
1st plural oyumuzda oylarımızda
2nd plural oyunuzda oylarınızda
3rd plural oylarında oylarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular oyumdan oylarımdan
2nd singular oyundan oylarından
3rd singular oyundan oylarından
1st plural oyumuzdan oylarımızdan
2nd plural oyunuzdan oylarınızdan
3rd plural oylarından oylarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular oyumun oylarımın
2nd singular oyunun oylarının
3rd singular oyunun oylarının
1st plural oyumuzun oylarımızın
2nd plural oyunuzun oylarınızın
3rd plural oylarının oylarının
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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oy

  1. second-person singular imperative of oymak

Uzbek

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Other scripts
Yangi Imlo ئاي
Cyrillic ой‍
Latin oy‍
Perso-Arabic
(Afghanistan) 		آی

Etymology

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Inherited from Chagatai آی (ʾāy /⁠āy⁠/, “moon; month”), from Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon; month”). Cognate with Uyghur ئاي / ay / ай (“moon; month”); Turkmen aý (“moon; month”), Azerbaijani آی / ај / ay (“moon; month; date”), Turkish ay (“moon; month”), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɒj/, [ɒ̽j]
  • Hyphenation: oy

Noun

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oy (plural oylar)

  1. moon
  2. month

Declension

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Declension of oy
singular plural
nominative oy oylar
genitive oyning oylarning
dative oyga oylarga
definite accusative oyni oylarni
locative oyda oylarda
ablative oydan oylardan
similative oydek oylardek
Possessive forms of oy
my singular plural
nominative oyim oylarim
genitive oyimning oylarimning
dative oyimga oylarimga
definite accusative oyimni oylarimni
locative oyimda oylarimda
ablative oyimdan oylarimdan
similative oyimdek oylarimdek
your singular plural
nominative oying oylaring
genitive oyingning oylaringning
dative oyingga oylaringga
definite accusative oyingni oylaringni
locative oyingda oylaringda
ablative oyingdan oylaringdan
similative oyingdek oylaringdek
her/his/its singular plural
nominative oyi oylari
genitive oyining oylarining
dative oyiga oylariga
definite accusative oyini oylarini
locative oyida oylarida
ablative oyidan oylaridan
similative oyidek oylaridek
our singular plural
nominative oyimiz oylarimiz
genitive oyimizning oylarimizning
dative oyimizga oylarimizga
definite accusative oyimizni oylarimizni
locative oyimizda oylarimizda
ablative oyimizdan oylarimizdan
similative oyimizdek oylarimizdek
your singular plural
nominative oyingiz oylaringiz
genitive oyingizning oylaringizning
dative oyingizga oylaringizga
definite accusative oyingizni oylaringizni
locative oyingizda oylaringizda
ablative oyingizdan oylaringizdan
similative oyingizdek oylaringizdek
their singular plural
nominative oyi oylari
genitive oyining oylarining
dative oyiga oylariga
definite accusative oyini oylarini
locative oyida oylarida
ablative oyidan oylaridan similative oyidek oylaridek

Volapük

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Pronoun

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oy

  1. (indefinite personal pronoun) one
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