Wiktionary

ov

See also: OV, ov-, óv, öv, øv, -ov, ов, овъ, and -ов

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Respelling of of popularized by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.

PrepositionEdit

ov

  1. (very rare, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of of
    • 2014, Behemoth, Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer
      Scholar ov the unlight / Great volcano ov excrement

AnagramsEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic ов
Perso-Arabic اۇو‎

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *āb, Proto-Turkic *Āb (“hunt, chase”)[1]. Cognate with Turkish av.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ov]
  • Audio(file)

NounEdit

ov (definite accusative ovu, plural ovlar)

  1. hunt
    ova çıxmaq ― to go hunting (literally, “to go out for a hunt”)

DeclensionEdit

    Declension of ov
singular plural
nominative ov
 ovlar
definite accusative ovu
 ovları
dative ova
 ovlara
locative ovda
 ovlarda
ablative ovdan
 ovlardan
definite genitive ovun
 ovların
    Possessive forms of ov
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovum ovlarım
sənin (“your”) ovun ovların
onun (“his/her/its”) ovu ovları
bizim (“our”) ovumuz ovlarımız
sizin (“your”) ovunuz ovlarınız
onların (“their”) ovu or ovları ovları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovumu ovlarımı
sənin (“your”) ovunu ovlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) ovunu ovlarını
bizim (“our”) ovumuzu ovlarımızı
sizin (“your”) ovunuzu ovlarınızı
onların (“their”) ovunu or ovlarını ovlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovuma ovlarıma
sənin (“your”) ovuna ovlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) ovuna ovlarına
bizim (“our”) ovumuza ovlarımıza
sizin (“your”) ovunuza ovlarınıza
onların (“their”) ovuna or ovlarına ovlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovumda ovlarımda
sənin (“your”) ovunda ovlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) ovunda ovlarında
bizim (“our”) ovumuzda ovlarımızda
sizin (“your”) ovunuzda ovlarınızda
onların (“their”) ovunda or ovlarında ovlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovumdan ovlarımdan
sənin (“your”) ovundan ovlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) ovundan ovlarından
bizim (“our”) ovumuzdan ovlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) ovunuzdan ovlarınızdan
onların (“their”) ovundan or ovlarından ovlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovumun ovlarımın
sənin (“your”) ovunun ovlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) ovunun ovlarının
bizim (“our”) ovumuzun ovlarımızın
sizin (“your”) ovunuzun ovlarınızın
onların (“their”) ovunun or ovlarının ovlarının

SynonymsEdit

  • şikar (South Azerbaijani, dated)

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*Āb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Central FranconianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • off (alternative spelling)
  • ob (western Moselle Franconian; otherwise as a variant, but only in the sense of “if”)

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German of, *ova, northern variant of oba.

PronunciationEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ov

  1. (most dialects) if; whether
    • 2014, “Alle Jläser huh”‎[1], performed by Kasalla:
      Janz ejal, ov du jet ze fiere häs,
      Alles oder nix ze verliere häs,
      Alle Jläser zo de Stääne,
      Denn die Engel, die uns fähle,
      Stusse jään met uns aan.
      No matter if you have something to celebrate,
      Everything or nothing to lose,
      All our glasses up to the stars,
      Because the angels that we miss
      Like to clink with us.
    Ich weeß net, ov dat stemmp.
    I don’t know if that’s true.
  2. (Ripuarian) or
    Dat mösse foffzig ov sechsig Mann jewäs senn.
    They must’ve been fifty or sixty people.
    Donnersdaach ov Friedaach moss ich nohm Finanzamp.
    I need to go to the tax office Thursday or Friday.

Usage notesEdit

  • Though formerly generally applicable, the Ripuarian ov (“or”) is now used only in vague statements or estimates. The word odder is used in order to express an actual alternative.

DutchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Initialism of openbaar vervoer.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ov n (uncountable)

  1. public transport
    Bent u met de auto of met het ov?
    Did you come by car or by public transport?

Derived termsEdit

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse of, whence Icelandic of. Related to English over.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [oː]
  • Homophones: og (‘and’)

AdverbEdit

ov

  1. too

See alsoEdit

Judeo-TatEdit

Other scripts
Latin ov
Cyrillic ов (ov)
Hebrew אָב‎ (ov)

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

ov

  1. water
  2. humidity

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

ov

  1. hunt

MaiaEdit

AdverbEdit

ov

  1. here

RomaniEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronounEdit

ov

  1. he[1][2][3]

DescendantsEdit

  • Kalo Finnish Romani: jou
  • Vlax Romani: vov

See alsoEdit

Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man manqe manθe manθar mança miro, -i, -e
Second — tu tut tuqe tuθe tuθar tuça tiro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pes pesqe pesθe pesθar peça pesqero, -i, -e
Third Masculine ov les lesqe lesθe lesθar leça lesqero, -i, -e
Feminine oj la laqe laθe laθar laça laqero, -i, -e
Plural First — amen amenqe amenθe amenθar amença amaro, -i, -e
Second — tumen tumenqe tumenθe tumenθar tumença tumaro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pen penqe penθe penθar pença penqero, -i, -e
Third — on len lenqe lenθe lenθar lença lenqero, -i, -e
Kalderash Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative (long and short forms) Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man, ma mánge mánde mándar mánsa múrro m, múrri f, múrre pl
Second — tu tut, tu túke túte tútar túsa tíro m, tíri f, tíre pl
Reflexive third — — pês, pe pêske pêste pêstar pêsa pêsko m, pêski f, pêske pl
Third Masculine wo lês, le lêske lêste lêstar lêsa lêsko m, lêski f, lêske pl
Feminine woi la, la láke láte látar lása láko m, láki f, láke pl
Plural First — ame amên, ame amênge amênde amêndar amênsa amáro m, amári f, amáre pl
Second — tume tumên, tume tumênge tumênde tumêndar tumênsa tumáro m, tumári f, tumáre pl
Reflexive third — — pên, pe pênge pênde pêndar pênsa pêngo m, pêngi f, pênge pl
Third — won lên, le lênge lênde lêndar lênsa lêngo m, lêngi f, lênge pl

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “ov”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 203a
  2. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009), “ov B-ćham: les”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 261b
  3. ^ Yaron Matras; Anton Tenser, editors (2020), “Romani and Contact Linguistics”, in The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, →DOI, →ISBN, page 341

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • öv (Puter, Vallader)
  • iev (Sursilvan)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

NounEdit

ov m (plural ovs)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, biology, zoology, foods) egg

YolaEdit

PrepositionEdit

ov

  1. Alternative form of af

ReferencesEdit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 60
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