oy

See also: Oy, OY, -’oy, oý, oÿ, öý, and Appendix:Variations of "oy"

English

Alternative forms

• oi

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish אוי‎ (oy, “oh, oy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Interjection

oy

1. An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.

See also

• oy gevalt
• oy vey

Anagrams

• YO, y.o., y/o, yo, yo'

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely a derivative of *h₂éwis (“bird”) (whence also Latin avis (“bird”)). Compare Welsh wy, Breton vi.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɔˑɪ]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ʊˑɪ]

Noun

oy m (plural oyow)

1. egg

Derived terms

• gwynn oy
• melyn oy
• oy bryjys
• oy frankres
• oy friys
• oy skramblys

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Faroese

Alternative forms

• oyggj (Modern Faroese)

Etymology

From Old Norse ey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔiːj]

Noun

oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar)

1. (obsolete, kvæði) island

Usage notes

Survives in Faroese island names, e.g. Borðoy, Eysturoy, Fugloy, Hestoy, Kalsoy, Kunoy, Nólsoy, Sandoy, Skúvoy, Streymoy, Suðuroy, Svínoy, Vágoy Viðoy and Føroyar

Declension

(NB: This is not in use at the island names, see oyggj)

f6	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	oy	oyin	oyar	oyarnar
Accusative	oy	oyina	oyar	oyarnar
Dative	oy	oyini	oyum	oyunum
Genitive	oyar	oyarinnar	oya	oyanna

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• OY, Oy

Etymology

From osakeyhtiö.

Noun

oy

1. (business) LLC (limited liability company)

Usage notes

According to KOTUS the non-capitalized form oy is the recommended one. It is also used in the current Limited Liability Companies Act in force since 2006. In the older law the abbreviation was Oy and it is still widely used in non-official contexts.

Declension

Declension of oy (type maa) singular plural nominative oy oy:t genitive oy:n oy:iden oy:itten partitive oy:tä oy:itä accusative oy oy:n oy:t inessive oy:ssä oy:issä elative oy:stä oy:istä illative oy:hyn oy:ihin adessive oy:llä oy:illä ablative oy:ltä oy:iltä allative oy:lle oy:ille essive oy:nä oy:inä translative oy:ksi oy:iksi instructive – oy:in abessive oy:ttä oy:ittä comitative – oy:ineen

See also

• oyj

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hodie. Cognates include Old Portuguese oge.

Adverb

oy

1. today

Descendants

• Ladino: oy
• Spanish: hoy

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Scots

Interjection

oy

1. Alternative spelling of oigh

Noun

oy (plural oys)

1. grandchild

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish oye

Interjection

oy

1. hey!
2. An exclamation to get attention.

   Oy, tingnan n'yo 'to!

   Hey, look at this!

3. A protest or reprimand.

   Oy! 'Wag!

   Hey! Don't!

4. An expression of surprise.

   Oy! Bago 'to ah!

   Hey! This is new!

5. An informal greeting, similar to uy.

   Oy! Kamusta?

   Hey! How are you?

6. A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.

   Oy? Ano ulit?

   Hey? What again?

7. an expression of acknowledgment of someone, whose name one cannot remember right away.

   Si oy nga pala. Ano ulit pangalan niya?

   Oh yeah, it's hey. What's his name again?

8. A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.

   "Oy oy oy, oy oy oy! Hoy hoy hoy, hoy hoy hoy! Oh oh oy oy, oy oy"!

   Hey hey hey, hey hey hey! Hey hey hey, hey hey hey! Oh oh hey hey, hey hey!

Synonyms

• uy
• huy
• hoy

Alternative forms

• oi

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oj/

Etymology 1

Noun

oy (definite accusative oyu, plural oylar)

1. (obsolete) thought
2. vote

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	oy
Definite accusative	oyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oy	oylar
Definite accusative	oyu	oyları
Dative	oya	oylara
Locative	oyda	oylarda
Ablative	oydan	oylardan
Genitive	oyun	oyların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular oyum oylarım 2nd singular oyun oyların 3rd singular oyu oyları 1st plural oyumuz oylarımız 2nd plural oyunuz oylarınız 3rd plural oyları oyları

Synonyms

• rey (obsolete)

Etymology 2

Verb

oy

1. second-person singular imperative of oymak

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Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ой‍
Roman	oy‍
Perso-Arabic	‍‍

Etymology

From Chagatai آی‎ (ʾāy, “Moon; month”), from Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“Moon; month”). Cognate with Uyghur ئاي‎ (ay, “moon; month”), Turkish ay (“moon; month”), Turkmen aý (“moon; month”), etc.

Noun

oy (plural oylar)

1. month
2. moon

Declension

Declension of oy

	singular	plural
nominative	oy	oylar
genitive	oyning	oylarning
dative	oyga	oylarga
accusative	oyni	oylarni
locative	oyda	oylarda
ablative	oydan	oylardan

Possessive forms of oy

my	singular	plural
nominative	oyim	oylarim
genitive	oyimning	oylarimning
dative	oyimga	oylarimga
accusative	oyimni	oylarimni
locative	oyimda	oylarimda
ablative	oyimdan	oylarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	oying	oylaring
genitive	oyingning	oylaringning
dative	oyingga	oylaringga
accusative	oyingni	oylaringni
locative	oyingda	oylaringda
ablative	oyingdan	oylaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	oyi	oylari
genitive	oyining	oylarining
dative	oyiga	oylariga
accusative	oyini	oylarini
locative	oyida	oylarida
ablative	oyidan	oylaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	oyimiz	oylarimiz
genitive	oyimizning	oylarimizning
dative	oyimizga	oylarimizga
accusative	oyimizni	oylarimizni
locative	oyimizda	oylarimizda
ablative	oyimizdan	oylarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	oyingiz	oylaringiz
genitive	oyingizning	oylaringizning
dative	oyingizga	oylaringizga
accusative	oyingizni	oylaringizni
locative	oyingizda	oylaringizda
ablative	oyingizdan	oylaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	oyi	oylari
genitive	oyining	oylarining
dative	oyiga	oylariga
accusative	oyini	oylarini
locative	oyida	oylarida
ablative	oyidan	oylaridan

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Volapük

Pronoun

oy

1. (indefinite personal pronoun) one