English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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og (plural ogs)

  1. Initialism of own goal.

Etymology 2

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og

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of organize and related forms of that word (organized, organizes, organizing, organizer, organizable, organization, organizational, organizationally, etc.)

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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  • ug
  • 'gcontraction, appended to the preceding word

Etymology

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Standardized form of ug as an article in contrast to its conjunctional function.

Pronunciation

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Article

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og

  1. indefinite indirect marker for nouns other than personal names.
    Coordinate term: safor definite nouns
    Mikaon og isda ang iring.
    The cat ate a fish.
    Gikaon og iring ang isda.
    A cat ate the fish.
  2. refers to motion towards an indefinite location:
    Moadto siya og merkado unya.He's going to a market later.
  3. refers to accompaniment with an indefinite partner or object: with a
    Synonyms: uban (og/ang), kuyog (og/ang)
    Nagpakuyog si Juan og guwardiya.Juan went with a security guard.
  4. refers to an indefinite tool or instrument used for doing: with, through, by
    Synonym: gamit (ang)
    Iyang gibunalan og silhig.He striked him with a broom.
  5. shows relation between two grammatical parts:
    1. preceding infinitives (replacing a prefix pag-)
      Naglisod ko og saka.I had a hard time going up.
    2. with adjectives of manner
      Nilakaw siya og kusog.He walked away fast.
    3. after ayaw (don't)
      Ayaw og adto.Don't go.
  6. (adjective + og + noun) having, possessing as an attribute:
    Synonym: may
    Dako og bukton.Having big arms.
    Kanindot niya og mata!What beautiful eyes s/he has!

Usage notes

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  • See usage notes under sa.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ok (and, also), from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Swedish och (and), ock (also), Dutch ook (also), and German auch (also).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ʌ], [ɒw]

Conjunction

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og

  1. and

Adverb

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og

  1. (archaic, dialect) also
    Synonym: også

Elfdalian

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Swedish och.

Conjunction

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og

  1. and

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /oː/, [oːo̞]
  • Homophones: ov (‘too’)

Conjunction

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og

  1. and
    Hanus og Janus
    Hans and Jens
    her og har
    here and there

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Anagrams

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Gothic

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Romanization

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ōg

  1. Romanization of 𐍉𐌲

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ok.

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Conjunction

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og

  1. and
    Kona og maður.
    A woman and a man.
    Ég heiti Baldur og þetta er Jón.
    My name is Baldur and this is Jón.

Derived terms

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Kunjen

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Noun

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og

  1. water

References

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  • Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ok (and), from earlier auk (and), from Proto-Germanic *auk (also, too, furthermore), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (to increase, enlarge).

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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og

  1. and

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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og

  1. and

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Originally a neuter s-stem, perhaps *ugos.

This word cannot be derived from Proto-Celtic *āwyom (from which Brittonic words Welsh wy (egg) descend), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm,[1][2] because the -g- and the vowel in Old Irish are unaccounted for.

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Noun

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og n or m or f (genitive ugae, nominative plural ugae)

  1. egg
  2. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

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Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ogN ogN ugaeL
Vocative ogN ogN ugaeL
Accusative ogN ogN ugaeL
Genitive ugaeL ugae ugaeN
Dative uigL ugaib ugaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: ubh
  • Manx: ooh
  • Scottish Gaelic: ugh

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
og
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-og
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*āwyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
  2. ^ Jochem Schindler (1969) “Die idg. Wörter 'Vogel' und 'Ei'”, in Die Sprache, volume 15, page 162

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