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о U+043E, о
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER O
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[U+043D]
Cyrillic п
[U+043F]
 
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о (upper case О)

  1. A letter of the Cyrillic script, called o.

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о (upper case О)

  1. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called on or onu.

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Abaza edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Abkhaz edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Adyghe edit

Etymology 1 edit

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о (wo) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

Compare Kabardian уэ ().

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [wa]
  • (file)

Pronoun edit

о (wo)

  1. you (singular)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

о (wo)

  1. weather
    Ом изытет ӏае
    Wom jizətet ʼaje
    The weather is so bad.
    Сэ сыкъэкӏощтэп, сыда пӏомэ ом изытет ӏэе дэд
    Sɛ səqɛkʷʼośtɛp, səda pʷʼomɛ wom jizətet ʼɛje dɛd
    I am not coming because the weather is so bad.
Derived terms edit

Aghul edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Alutor edit

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о (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Archi edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The fifty-second letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Avar edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Azerbaijani edit

Other scripts
Cyrillic о
Abjad او

Etymology 1 edit

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о (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰆𐰞 (ol).

Pronoun edit

о (o)

  1. he, she, it
Declension edit

Bashkir edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʊ̞/
  • (in Russian borrowings) IPA(key): /o/

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Belarusian edit

Pronunciation edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Bulgarian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called о (o), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

Preposition edit

о (o)

  1. against
    вълни́те разби́ваха о брега́
    vǎlníte razbívaha o bregá
    the waves crashed against the shore
  2. at (with reference to a look or glance)
    взи́рам се о стена́та
    vzíram se o stenáta
    I'm staring at the wall
  3. (archaic, cling, tie) to (a location))
  4. (archaic or literary, persist) in, (adhere) to (a theory, view, etc.)
  5. (archaic, hang) on/around (a location)
  6. (archaic) (bend/fold) in (a number) (indicating how many times something is bent or folded)
  7. (archaic or literary) about, concerning
  8. (archaic or literary) indicating how many times something is bigger, smaller, greater or less than something else

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Slavic *o, ultimately a natural expression. Compare Ancient Greek (ô), Latin ō.

Interjection edit

о (o)

  1. oh (used when addressing someone)
    О бо́же, помогни́ ми!
    O bóže, pomogní mi!
    Oh God, help me!
  2. oh (used to emphasize a statement)
    О, каква́ красота́!
    O, kakvá krasotá!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    (literally, “Oh, what beauty!”)

Anagrams edit

Buryat edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chechen edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chukchi edit

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о (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Chuvash edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Crimean Tatar edit

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о (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dargwa edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Dungan edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Eastern Mari edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Even edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Evenki edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ingush edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Itelmen edit

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о (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kabardian edit

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о (wo) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kalmyk edit

Pronunciation edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic و
Cyrillic о
Latin o

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

о (o)

  1. oh (expression of surprise)

Khakas edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kumyk edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kyrgyz edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called о (o), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Lezgi edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Macedonian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

Interjection edit

о (o)

  1. wow (used to express approving amazement)

Mongolian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian о (o).

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called о (o), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Noun edit

о (o)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter О / о.

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Nivkh edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Northern Mansi edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology 1 edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called онъ (onŭ), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

Preposition edit

о (o)

  1. about
  2. around
  3. through
  4. during
  5. because of
  6. for
  7. in
Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Old East Slavic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *o. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic о (o) and Old Polish o.

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɔ/
  • Hyphenation: о

Preposition edit

о (o) (+ accusative or locative)

  1. (of time) at, during
  2. (of location) in, on, at
  3. (of location) behind, after
  4. (of amount) approximately, about
  5. (of relation) about, concerning
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 1:
      [Слово] нѣкоѥг[о] [калꙋ]г[е]ра· о чь[тѥнии кн]игъ⁖
      [Slovo] někojeg[o] [kalu]g[e]ra· o čĭ[tjenii kn]igŭ⁖
      The speech of a certain monk on the reading of books.
  6. (of cause) because of; due to
  7. (of possession) having; ... worth
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
  • Old Ruthenian: о (o)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: о (o)
    • Ukrainian: о (o)
  • Russian: о (o)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Slavic *o. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic о (o) and Old Polish o.

Originally a natural expression. Compare Ancient Greek (ô), Latin ō, Old Irish a, Gothic 𐍉 (ō), Old Armenian ով (ov), Albanian o.

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔ/
  • Hyphenation: о

Interjection edit

о (o)

  1. Used to express strong emotions; oh!
  2. Used before a noun in the vocative; O...
Descendants edit
  • Old Ruthenian: о (o)
    • Belarusian: о (o)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: о (o)
    • Ukrainian: о (o)
  • Russian: о (o)

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “о”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 491

Orok edit

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о (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Orok alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ossetian edit

Pronunciation edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Romanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

Article edit

о (o)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of o.

Etymology 3 edit

Interjection edit

о (o)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of o.

Etymology 4 edit

Pronoun edit

о (o)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of o.

Etymology 5 edit

Verb edit

о (o)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of o.

Etymology 6 edit

Verb edit

о (o)

  1. Cyrillic spelling of o.

Russian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Russian alphabet, called о (o), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Noun edit

о (on inan (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter О.
  2. The name of the Latin-script letter O.

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Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic о (o), from Proto-Slavic *o, ultimately a natural expression. Compare Ancient Greek (ô), Latin ō.

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

о (o)

  1. oh
    О бо́же!O bóže!Oh God!

Etymology 3 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ə]
  • IPA(key): [ɐ] (before a stressed syllable)
  • IPA(key): [o] (when stressed (uncommon))
  • (file)

Preposition edit

о (o)

  1. (+ prepositional case) about, of, on
    Я чита́л о нёмJa čitál o njomI’ve read about him.
  2. (literary) (+ accusative case) against, upon
    опира́ться о сте́нуopirátʹsja o sténuto lean against the wall
Usage notes edit
  • The о (o) form is usually unstressed except in the idiom бок о́ бок (bok ó bok).
  • When governing the prepositional case, the form о (o) is used before consonants, except before a few clusters where the form обо (obo) is used.
  • When governing the accusative, the form о (o) is used before most consonants in the written language: the usage is variable before liquids. In the spoken language, об (ob) is used in all cases.
Alternative forms edit
  • об (ob)before vowels and in some other cases
  • обо (obo)before some words such as мне or все

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

о (lower case, upper case О, Latin spelling o)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See о-, об-.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

o (Latin spelling o)

  1. on, against [+accusative]
    об(ј)есити нешто о кукуto hang something on a hook
    ударити главом о зидto hit one's head against the wall
    огр(иј)ешити се о законto violate a law
  2. about, concerning [+locative]
    бринути се о некомеto take care of somebody
    в(иј)ест о катастрофиnews about the catastrophe
    Р(иј)еч је о..., ради се о...It's about..., this refers to...
    Написао сам есеј о раном средњем вијеку.I wrote an essay on the Early Middle Ages.

Solombala English edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from English oh.

Interjection edit

о (o)

  1. oh
    • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:
      О! Уезъ! Больше добра мачка.
      O! Ujez! Bolʹše dobra mačka.
      Oh! Yes! Very good much.

References edit

  • Broch, Ingvild (1996), “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon; Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎[3], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 95 of 93–98

Southern Altai edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tabasaran edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tajik edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tatar edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tundra Nenets edit

Letter edit

о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Tuvan edit

Letter edit

о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Udi edit

Etymology edit

From Aghwan 𐕒 (o, grass)

Noun edit

о (o)

  1. grass

Further reading edit

  • 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-8
  • Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974), “о”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], Baku: Academy Press, page 181

Udmurt edit

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о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ukrainian edit

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called о (o), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Noun edit

о (on inan (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter О.

Preposition edit

о (o)

  1. (with locative case) at (for indicating time in hours)
    о шо́стій годи́ніo šóstij hodýniat six o'clock
    о дру́гій ра́нкуo drúhij ránkuat two in the morning
    о пів на во́сьмуo piv na vósʹmuat half till eight (half past seven)
    Synonym: об (ob) (before a vowel)

Usage notes edit

The preposition о is used if the following word begins with a consonant. If the following word begins with a vowel, preposition об is used instead.

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References edit

Uzbek edit

Letter edit

о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Western Mari edit

Letter edit

о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Yakut edit

Letter edit

о (o) (lower case, upper case О)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Yakut alphabet, called о (o), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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