ox
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.
Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उक्षन् (ukṣán).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒks/
- Rhymes: -ɒks
Audio (Canada) (file)
NounEdit
ox (plural oxen or (nonstandard) oxes)
- An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
- Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
- 1934, commentary on the Qur'an (Sura 39 verse 6) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali:
- Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.
- 1934, commentary on the Qur'an (Sura 39 verse 6) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali:
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from "ox"
DescendantsEdit
- → Abenaki: aksen (via "oxen")
- → Malecite-Passamaquoddy: akson (via "oxen")
- → Unami: aksën (via "oxen")
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
an adult castrated male of cattle
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any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
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AnagramsEdit
AzerbaijaniEdit
Cyrillic | ох | |
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Perso-Arabic | اوْخ |
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸 (q̊¹ /oq/, “arrow”), Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), from Proto-Turkic *ok.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
ox (definite accusative oxu, plural oxlar)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ox | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | ox |
oxlar | ||||||
definite accusative | oxu |
oxları | ||||||
dative | oxa |
oxlara | ||||||
locative | oxda |
oxlarda | ||||||
ablative | oxdan |
oxlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | oxun |
oxların |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ox” in Obastan.com.
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EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Mongolic *ög-. Cognate to Mongolian өгөх (ögöh) and perhaps Khitan 𘲆 (û).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ox
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
ox
- Alternative form of oxe
Yucatec MayaEdit
NumeralEdit
ox
- Obsolete spelling of óox