oy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oy"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

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

Interjection

oy

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

Alternative forms

• oi

Derived terms

• oy gevalt
• oy vey

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Interjection

oy

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

Anagrams

• YO, y.o., y/o, yo, yo'

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

• oyggj (Modern Faroese)

Etymology

From Old Norse ey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔiːj]

Noun

oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar)

1. (obsolete, poetic) 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

• OY, Oy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːˌyː/, [ˈo̞ːˌyː]

Noun

oy

1. (business) LLC; initialism of osakeyhtiö (“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 abessive oy:ttä oy:ittä instructive – oy:in comitative – oy:ineen

See also

• oyj

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

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

Noun

oy f (definite oyi)

1. island

Ladino

Etymology 1

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

Noun

oy f (Latin spelling)

1. child

Etymology 2

From Latin creatūra (compare Spanish criatura).

Adverb

oy

1. today

Old Spanish

Etymology

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

Adverb

oy

1. today

Descendants

• Ladino: oy
• Spanish: hoy

Scots

Interjection

oy

1. Alternative spelling of oigh

Noun

oy (plural oys)

1. grandchild

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• uy

Etymology

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoj/ [ˈʔoɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -oj
• Syllabification: oy

Interjection

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!

Tocharian A

Interjection

oy

1. alas

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oj/

Etymology 1

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

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 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

• rey (obsolete)

Etymology 2

Verb

oy

1. second-person singular imperative of oymak

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ой (oy)‍
Latin	oy‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

From Chagatai آی (ʾāy, “Moon; month”), from Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon; month”). Cognate with Uyghur ئاي (ay, “moon; month”), Turkish ay (“moon; month”), Turkmen aý (“moon; month”), etc.

Noun

oy (plural oylar)

1. month
2. moon

Declension

Declension of oy

	singular	plural
nominative	oy	oylar
genitive	oyning	oylarning
dative	oyga	oylarga
definite accusative	oyni	oylarni
locative	oyda	oylarda
ablative	oydan	oylardan

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
your	singular	plural
nominative	oying	oylaring
genitive	oyingning	oylaringning
dative	oyingga	oylaringga
definite accusative	oyingni	oylaringni
locative	oyingda	oylaringda
ablative	oyingdan	oylaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	oyi	oylari
genitive	oyining	oylarining
dative	oyiga	oylariga
definite accusative	oyini	oylarini
locative	oyida	oylarida
ablative	oyidan	oylaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	oyimiz	oylarimiz
genitive	oyimizning	oylarimizning
dative	oyimizga	oylarimizga
definite accusative	oyimizni	oylarimizni
locative	oyimizda	oylarimizda
ablative	oyimizdan	oylarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	oyingiz	oylaringiz
genitive	oyingizning	oylaringizning
dative	oyingizga	oylaringizga
definite accusative	oyingizni	oylaringizni
locative	oyingizda	oylaringizda
ablative	oyingizdan	oylaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	oyi	oylari
genitive	oyining	oylarining
dative	oyiga	oylariga
definite accusative	oyini	oylarini
locative	oyida	oylarida
ablative	oyidan	oylaridan

Volapük

Pronoun

oy

1. (indefinite personal pronoun) one