ox

EnglishEdit

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ox

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)

Two oxen.

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.

SynonymsEdit

(castrated male of cattle): bullock, steer

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from "ox"

DescendantsEdit

→ Abenaki: aksen (via "oxen")
→ Malecite-Passamaquoddy: akson (via "oxen")
→ Unami: aksën (via "oxen")

Related termsEdit

aurochs (from *ūrô (“aurochs”) + *uhsô (“ox”))

TranslationsEdit

an adult castrated male of cattle

Akkadian: 𒄞 m (GUD /alpu/)
Armenian: եզ (hy) (ez)
Old Armenian: եզն (ezn)
Azerbaijani: öküz (az)
Bashkir: үгеҙ (ügeð)
Basque: idi (eu)
Belarusian: вол (vol)
Bulgarian: вол (bg) (vol)
Catalan: bou (ca) m
Chechen: сту (stu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公牛 (zh) (gōngniú)
Czech: vůl (cs)
Dutch: os (nl) m
Egyptian:

(ngꜣw),

(jḥ)
Estonian: härg (et) sg
Finnish: härkä (fi)
French: bœuf (fr) m
Galician: boi (gl) m
Ge'ez: ሶር (sor)
German: Ochse (de) m
Alemannic German: Ochs m
Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 m (auhsa)
Greek: βόδι (el) n (vódi)
Hebrew: שׁוֹר‎ (he) m (šor)
Hindi: बैल (hi) m (bail)
Hungarian: ökör (hu)
Icelandic: uxi (is)
Indonesian: lembu (id)
Italian: bue (it) m
Javanese: sapi (jv)
Kaingang: monh
Kazakh: өгіз (kk) (ögız)
Kyrgyz: өгүз (ky) (ögüz)
Ladin: bo m
Latin: bōs (la) m
Latvian: vērsis (lv) m

Lithuanian: jautis (lt)
Livonian: ǟrga
Lombard: bö, bœu
Maltese: gendus m
Middle English: oxe
Mon: ဂၠဴကၟက်
Mongolian: шар (mn) (shar), шар үхэр (shar üher)
Mòcheno: ocks m
Ngazidja Comorian: mfulwa mɓe
North Frisian: Aus (Sylt)
Old Javanese: lĕmbu
Old Turkic: 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕‎ (𐰈𐰛𐰈z /öküz/)
Oromo: sangaa
Pali: goṇa
Polish: wół
Portuguese: boi (pt) m
Romani: guruv m
Romanian: bou (ro)
Russian: вол (ru) m (vol)
Serbo-Croatian: vol (sh) m
Sherpa: གླང (glang)
Sicilian: voi (scn) m
Sidamo: hando
Slovak: vôl (sk)
Slovene: vol (sl)
Spanish: buey (es) m
Sumerian: 𒄞 (GUD)
Swedish: oxe (sv) c
Tibetan: གླང (glang)
Tigrinya: ብዕራይ (ti) (bəʿray)
Turkmen: öküz
Udi: ус (us)
Ukrainian: віл (uk) (vil)
Urdu: بیل‎ m (bail)
Uzbek: hoʻkiz (uz)
Vietnamese: bò đực thiến
Welsh: ych (cy) m
Yiddish: אָקס‎ m (oks)

any bovine animal used as a beast of burden

Abron: nandwie
Afrikaans: os (af), bees (af)
Albanian: ka (sq)
Amharic: በሬ (bäre)
Arabic: ثَوْر‎ (ar) m (ṯawr)
Armenian: եզ (hy) (ez)
Old Armenian: եզն (ezn)
Aromanian: bou m
Asturian: güe (ast) m
Azerbaijani: öküz (az) m
Basque: idi (eu) m
Belarusian: вол m (vol), бык m (byk) (bull)
Bulgarian: вол (bg) m (vol)
Catalan: bou (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎦᏓᎵ (gadali)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 犉 (zh) (rún), 牛 (zh) (niú) (bull or cow)
Czech: vůl (cs) m
Dalmatian: bu m
Danish: okse (da) c
Dutch: os (nl) m
Eshtehardi: گو‎ m (geow)
Esperanto: okso
Estonian: härg (et)
Ewe: nyi
Faroese: oksi m
Finnish: härkä (fi), nauta (fi)
French: bœuf (fr) m
Friulian: bo m, nemâl m
Galician: boi (gl) m
German: Rind (de) m; Zugrind n; Zugtier (de) n
Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 m (auhsa)
Greek: βόδι (el) n (vódi)
Hebrew: שׁוֹר‎ (he) m (šor)
Hindi: बैल (hi) m (bail)
Hungarian: ökör (hu)
Icelandic: uxi (is)
Indonesian: lembu (id)
Irish: damh m
Italian: bue (it) m, bove (it)
Japanese: 去勢雄牛 (きょせいおうし, kyosei ōshi)
Karachay-Balkar: ёгюз (ögüz)
Kazakh: өгіз (kk) (ögız)
Khmer: ^{(please verify)} គោ ឈ្មោល (go chmol)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 악대소 (ko) (akdaeso) , ^{(please verify)} 불깐소 (bulkkanso)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ga (ku)
Latgalian: vierss m
Latin: bōs (la) m, armentum n
Latvian: vērsis (lv)
Lithuanian: jautis (lt) m
Livonian: ǟrga
Low German: Oss m
Luxembourgish: Ochs m, Uess m
Lü: ᦷᦣ (ho)

Macedonian: вол m (vol)
Middle English: oxe
Mongolian: үхэр (mn) (üher)
Mòcheno: ocks
North Frisian: oxse
Occitan: buòu (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic: волъ m (volŭ)
Old East Slavic: волъ m (volŭ)
Old Norse: oxi m, uxi m
Old Turkic: 𐰈𐰛𐰈𐰕‎ (𐰈𐰛𐰈z /öküz/)
Persian: گاو‎ (fa) (gâv), ورزا‎ (fa) (varzâ), برزگاو‎ (barzagâv)
Polish: wół (pl) m
Portuguese: boi (pt) m
Romanian: bou (ro) m
Romansch: bov
Russian: вол (ru) m (vol), бык (ru) m (byk) (bull)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: boi m

Logudorese: boe m
Scottish Gaelic: damh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: во m, вол m, бик m (bull)

Roman: vo (sh) m, vol (sh) m, bik (sh) m (bull)
Sichuan Yi: ꇌ (le)
Sicilian: voi (scn) m, jencu (scn) m
Slovak: vôl (sk) m
Slovene: vol (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: woł m

Upper Sorbian: woł m
Southern Altai: ӧкӱс (öküs),бука (buka)
Spanish: buey (es) m, toro (es) m, novillo (es) m
Swahili: ngʼombe
Swedish: oxe (sv) c
Tagalog: kapong baka
Tajik: барзагов (tg) (barzagov)
Tamil: காளை (ta) (kāḷai)
Taos: mùoya’ána, tùlu’úna
Telugu: ఎద్దు (te) ? (eddu)
Thai: วัว (th) (wuua), โค (th) (koo)
Tibetan: གླང (glang)
Tigrinya: ብዕራይ (ti) (bəʿray)
Tok Pisin: bulmakau
Turkish: öküz (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: اۊكۏز‎ (öküz)
Ukrainian: віл (uk) m (vil), бик (uk) m (byk) (bull)
Urdu: بیل‎ m (bail)
Uzbek: bizon (uz), buyvol
Vietnamese: bò (vi)
Volapük: hobub (vo)
Võro: härg
Welsh: ych (cy) m
Yiddish: אָקס‎ m (oks)
Zazaki: ga (diq)

AnagramsEdit

XO, xo

AzerbaijaniEdit

Other scripts
Cyrillic		ох
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
	singular	plural
nominative	ox	oxlar
definite accusative	oxu	oxları
dative	oxa	oxlara
locative	oxda	oxlarda
ablative	oxdan	oxlardan
definite genitive	oxun	oxların

Possessive forms of ox
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oxum	oxlarım
sənin (“your”)	oxun	oxların
onun (“his/her/its”)	oxu	oxları
bizim (“our”)	oxumuz	oxlarımız
sizin (“your”)	oxunuz	oxlarınız
onların (“their”)	oxu or oxları	oxları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oxumu	oxlarımı
sənin (“your”)	oxunu	oxlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	oxunu	oxlarını
bizim (“our”)	oxumuzu	oxlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	oxunuzu	oxlarınızı
onların (“their”)	oxunu or oxlarını	oxlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oxuma	oxlarıma
sənin (“your”)	oxuna	oxlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	oxuna	oxlarına
bizim (“our”)	oxumuza	oxlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	oxunuza	oxlarınıza
onların (“their”)	oxuna or oxlarına	oxlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oxumda	oxlarımda
sənin (“your”)	oxunda	oxlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	oxunda	oxlarında
bizim (“our”)	oxumuzda	oxlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	oxunuzda	oxlarınızda
onların (“their”)	oxunda or oxlarında	oxlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oxumdan	oxlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	oxundan	oxlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	oxundan	oxlarından
bizim (“our”)	oxumuzdan	oxlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	oxunuzdan	oxlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	oxundan or oxlarından	oxlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	oxumun	oxlarımın
sənin (“your”)	oxunun	oxlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	oxunun	oxlarının
bizim (“our”)	oxumuzun	oxlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	oxunuzun	oxlarınızın
onların (“their”)	oxunun or oxlarının	oxlarının

Derived termsEdit

oxatan
oxluq

BonanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ok
oke (Gansu)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Mongolic *ög-. Cognate to Mongolian өгөх (ögöh) and perhaps Khitan 𘲆 (û).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɵx/

VerbEdit

ox

(Qinghai) to give
Be Dromada samtexge oxgu tarang erna.
I want to give a gift to Droma.

Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

ox

Alternative form of oxe

Yucatec MayaEdit

NumeralEdit

ox

Obsolete spelling of óox

ox

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EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

BonanEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

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