оток

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *o(b)tokъ, formed as о- (o-) +‎ ток (tok, “current”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈtɔk]

Noun

ото́к • (otók) m (related adjective ото́чен)

1. (dialectal) reflux, drainage

   Synonyms: отлив (otliv), дренаж (drenaž)

2. (dated) island, deposition of sediments within stream (river, ocean current, whirlpool)

   Synonym: остров (ostrov)

Declension

Declension of ото́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	ото́к otók	ото́ци otóci
definite (subject form)	ото́кът otókǎt	ото́ците otócite
definite (object form)	ото́ка otóka
count form	—	ото́ка otóka

Related terms

• изток (iztok, “east, Orient”)
• отток (ottok, “outflow, drainage”)
• поток (potok, “stream, brook”)
• приток (pritok, “influx, tributary”)
• проток (protok, “duct, channel”)

References

• отокъ¹ in Исторически речник на Българския език, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
• Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “ото̀к”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 967

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *o(b)tekъ, *o(b)tokъ. Effectively, a resultant noun of Bulgarian отека (oteka), отичам (otičam, “to tumefy”).

For the semantic development flow → swelling, blister, compare Bulgarian осип (osip, “rash, papule”) (from Bulgarian осипя (osipja, “to secrete, to pour”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔtok]

Noun

о́ток • (ótok) m

1. edema, swelling, tumefaction (both as a result of an injury or as a medical sign for some disease)

   Synonyms: подутина (podutina), цицина (cicina)

Declension

Declension of о́ток

	singular	plural
indefinite	о́ток ótok	о́тоци ótoci
definite (subject form)	о́токът ótokǎt	о́тоците ótocite
definite (object form)	о́тока ótoka
count form	—	о́тока ótoka

Alternative forms

• отик (otik)

Related terms

• тека (teka, “to flow, to stream”)
• тичам (tičam, “to run”)
• точа (toča, “to drain”)
• тек (tek, “stream, flowth, duration”)
• ток (tok, “current”)

References

• оток in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• отокъ² in Исторически речник на Българския език, published by Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
• Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “о̀ток”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 967

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔtɔk]

Noun

оток • (otok) m

1. swelling
2. (colloquial) annoyance, nagging, pain in the neck

Declension

Declension of оток

	singular	plural
indefinite	оток	отоци
definite unspecified	отокот	отоците
definite proximal	отоков	отоциве
definite distal	отокон	отоцине
vocative	отоку	отоци
count form	—	отока

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

о- +‎ ток

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒtok/
• Hyphenation: о‧ток

Noun

о̀ток m (Latin spelling òtok)

1. (chiefly Croatia) island

Declension

Declension of оток

	singular	plural
nominative	о̀ток	о̀тоци
genitive	о̀тока	о̏то̄ка̄
dative	о̀току	о̀тоцима
accusative	о̀ток	о̀токе
vocative	о̀точе	о̀тоци
locative	о̀току	о̀тоцима
instrumental	о̀током	о̀тоцима

Synonyms

• (island): (Bosnian, Serbian) о̏стрво

Derived terms

• о̀точанин
• о̀точа̄нка
• о̀точанскӣ
• о̀точић
• о̀то̄чје
• о̀точнӣ

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ôtoːk/
• Hyphenation: о‧ток

Noun

о̏то̄к m (Latin spelling ȍtōk)

1. swelling

Declension

Declension of оток

	singular	plural
nominative	о̏то̄к	о̏тоци
genitive	о̏тока	о̏то̄ка̄
dative	о̏току	о̏тоцима
accusative	о̏ток	о̏токе
vocative	о̏точе	о̏тоци
locative	о̏току	о̏тоцима
instrumental	о̏током	о̏тоцима

Synonyms

• (swelling): о̀теклина

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Southern Altai

Etymology

Borrowed from Written Oirat ᡆᡐᡆᡎ (otog). Compare also Kalmyk отг (otg), Buryat отог (otog), Mongolian отог (otog).

Noun

оток • (otok)

1. a tribal subdivision