oy
See also: Appendix:Variations of "oy"
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɔɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪ
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).
Interjection
[edit]oy
- An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Interjection
[edit]oy
- Alternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”)
Anagrams
[edit]Cornish
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Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɔˑɪ]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ʊˑɪ]
Noun
[edit]oy m (plural oyow)
Derived terms
[edit]- gwynn oy m (“egg white”)
- melyn oy m (“egg yolk”)
- oy bryjys m (“boiled egg”)
- oy frankres m (“free-range egg”)
- oy friys m (“fried egg”)
- oy skramblys m (“scrambled egg”)
Faroese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- oyggj (Modern Faroese)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar)
Usage notes
[edit]Survives in Faroese island names, e.g. Borðoy, Eysturoy, Fugloy, Hestoy, Kalsoy, Kunoy, Nólsoy, Sandoy, Skúvoy, Streymoy, Suðuroy, Svínoy, Vágoy Viðoy and Føroyar
Declension
[edit](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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]oy
- (business) LLC; initialism of osakeyhtiö (“limited liability company”).
Usage notes
[edit]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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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “oy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Gutnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō. Cognates include Swedish ö, and Faroese oy.
Noun
[edit]oy f (definite oyi)
Ladino
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin hodiē (compare Spanish hoy, Portuguese hoje).
Noun
[edit]oy f (Latin spelling)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin creatūra (compare Spanish criatura).
Adverb
[edit]oy
Old Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin hodie. Cognates include Old Galician-Portuguese oge.
Adverb
[edit]oy
Descendants
[edit]Scots
[edit]Interjection
[edit]oy
- Alternative spelling of oigh
Noun
[edit]oy (plural oys)
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔoj/ [ˈʔoɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -oj
- Syllabification: oy
Interjection
[edit]oy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜌ᜔)
- (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!
- Oy, tingnan n'yo 'to!
- Hey, look at this!
- (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!
- Oy! 'Wag!
- Hey! Don't!
- (colloquial, informal) an informal greeting: hey!
- Oy! Kamusta?
- Hey! How are you?
- (colloquial, informal) an expression of surprise: hey!
- Oy! Bago 'to ah!
- Hey! This is new!
Anagrams
[edit]Tocharian A
[edit]Interjection
[edit]oy
Turkish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish اوی (oy, “thought”) Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ōδ.
Noun
[edit]oy (definite accusative oyu, plural oylar)
Declension
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| Definite accusative | oyu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | oy | oylar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | oyu | oyları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dative | oya | oylara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | oyda | oylarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ablative | oydan | oylardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | oyun | oyların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms
[edit]- rey (obsolete)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]oy
Uzbek
[edit]| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Yangi Imlo | ئاي |
| Cyrillic | ой |
| Latin | oy |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) |
آی |
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]oy (plural oylar)
Declension
[edit]Declension of oy
Possessive forms of oy
Volapük
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]oy
- (indefinite personal pronoun) one
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