oy

• IPA^(key): /ɔɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

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

oy

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

• oi

• oy gevalt
• oy vey

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oy

1. Alternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”)

• YO, y.o., y/o, yo, yo'

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

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

oy m (plural oyow)

1. egg

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

• oyggj (Modern Faroese)

From Old Norse ey.

• IPA^(key): [ɔiːj]

oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar)

1. (obsolete, poetic) island

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

(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

• OY, Oy

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːˌyː/, [ˈo̞ːˌyː]

oy

1. (business) LLC; initialism of osakeyhtiö (“limited liability company”).

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.

Inflection of oy (Kotus type 18/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 abessive oy:ttä oy:ittä instructive – oy:in comitative – oy:ineen

• oyj

• “oy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō. Cognates include Swedish ö, and Faroese oy.

oy f (definite oyi)

1. island

From Latin hodiē (compare Spanish hoy, Portuguese hoje).

oy f (Latin spelling)

1. child

From Latin creatūra (compare Spanish criatura).

oy

1. today

From Latin hodie. Cognates include Old Galician-Portuguese oge.

oy

1. today

• Ladino: oy
• Spanish: hoy

oy

1. Alternative spelling of oigh

oy (plural oys)

1. grandchild

• uy

Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: English hey, Mandarin 哎 (āi), Latin eia, Czech ahoj, and Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoj/ [ˈʔoɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -oj
• Syllabification: oy

oy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜌ᜔)

1. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!

   Oy, tingnan n'yo 'to!

   Hey, look at this!

2. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!

   Oy! 'Wag!

   Hey! Don't!

3. (colloquial, informal) an informal greeting: hey!

   Oy! Kamusta?

   Hey! How are you?

4. (colloquial, informal) an expression of surprise: hey!

   Oy! Bago 'to ah!

   Hey! This is new!

• 'yo

oy

1. alas

• IPA^(key): /oj/

From Ottoman Turkish اوی (oy, “thought”) Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ōδ.

oy (definite accusative oyu, plural oylar)

1. (obsolete) thought
2. vote

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 Nominative 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 Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular oyumu oylarımı 2nd singular oyunu oylarını 3rd singular oyunu oylarını 1st plural oyumuzu oylarımızı 2nd plural oyunuzu oylarınızı 3rd plural oylarını oylarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular oyuma oylarıma 2nd singular oyuna oylarına 3rd singular oyuna oylarına 1st plural oyumuza oylarımıza 2nd plural oyunuza oylarınıza 3rd plural oylarına oylarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular oyumda oylarımda 2nd singular oyunda oylarında 3rd singular oyunda oylarında 1st plural oyumuzda oylarımızda 2nd plural oyunuzda oylarınızda 3rd plural oylarında oylarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular oyumdan oylarımdan 2nd singular oyundan oylarından 3rd singular oyundan oylarından 1st plural oyumuzdan oylarımızdan 2nd plural oyunuzdan oylarınızdan 3rd plural oylarından oylarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular oyumun oylarımın 2nd singular oyunun oylarının 3rd singular oyunun oylarının 1st plural oyumuzun oylarımızın 2nd plural oyunuzun oylarınızın 3rd plural oylarının oylarının

• rey (obsolete)

oy

1. second-person singular imperative of oymak

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo	ئاي
Cyrillic	ой‍
Latin	oy‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)	آی

Inherited from Chagatai آی (ʾāy /⁠āy⁠/, “moon; month”), from Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon; month”). Cognate with Uyghur ئاي / ay / ай (“moon; month”); Turkmen aý (“moon; month”), Azerbaijani آی / ај / ay (“moon; month; date”), Turkish ay (“moon; month”), etc.

• IPA^(key): /ɒj/, [ɒ̽j]
• Hyphenation: oy

oy (plural oylar)

1. moon
2. month

oy

1. (indefinite personal pronoun) one