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Borrowed fromYiddishאוי(oy,“oh, oy”).
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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
oy
FromProto-Celtic*āwyom, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ōwyóm(“egg”), likely a derivative of*h₂éwis(“bird”) (whence alsoLatinavis(“bird”)). CompareWelshwy,Bretonvi.
oy f (genitive singularoyar, pluraloyar)
Survives in Faroese island names, e.g.Borðoy,Eysturoy,Fugloy,Hestoy,Kalsoy,Kunoy,Nólsoy,Sandoy,Skúvoy,Streymoy,Suðuroy,Svínoy,VágoyViðoy andFøroyar
(NB: This is not in use at the island names, seeoyggj)
| 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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According toKOTUS the non-capitalized formoy 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 wasOy and it is still widely used in non-official contexts.
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FromOld Norseey, fromProto-Germanic*awjō. Cognates includeSwedishö, andFaroeseoy.
Inherited fromOld Spanishoy(“today”), fromLatinhodiē. Cognate withPortuguesehoje andSpanishhoy.
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Inherited fromLatinhodiē. Cognates includeOld Frenchhui andOld Galician-Portugueseoge.
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oy (pluraloys)
Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages:Englishoi,Japaneseおい(oi),Yiddishאוי(oy,“oh, oy”), etc.
oy (Baybayin spellingᜂᜌ᜔)(colloquial, informal)
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Learned borrowing fromOttoman Turkishاوی(oy,“thought”), itself fromOld Anatolian Turkishاوی(oy), ultimately fromonomatopoeic origin. Initially reintroduced to the language during 1930s as a Turkic replacement forfikir andrey (seekamuoyu(“public opinion”)).[1]
oy (definite accusativeoyu,pluraloylar)
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| Arabic (Yangi Imlo) | ئاي |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | ой |
| Latin | oy |
| Afghan Uzbek | آی(oy) |
Inherited fromChagataiآی(ʾāy/āy/,“moon; month”), fromProto-Turkic*āy(“moon; month”). Cognate withUyghurئاي /ay /ай(“moon; month”);Turkmenaý(“moon; month”),Azerbaijaniآی /ај /ay(“moon; month; date”),Turkishay(“moon; month”), etc.
oy (pluraloylar)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oy | oylar |
| genitive | oyning | oylarning |
| dative | oyga | oylarga |
| definite accusative | oyni | oylarni |
| locative | oyda | oylarda |
| ablative | oydan | oylardan |
| similative | oydek | oylardek |
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