oy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oy"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

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

Interjection

oy

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

Alternative forms

• oi

Derived terms

• oy gevalt
• oy vey

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Interjection

oy

1. Alternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”).
   • 2015, James Graham, Tory Boyz, page 52:

     Tommo (to Shayne) Oy, get the fuck out of my bag!

Anagrams

• YO, y.o., y/o, yo, yo'

Cornish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oy m (plural yow)

1. egg

Derived terms

• gwynn oy m (“egg white”)
• melyn oy m (“egg yolk”)
• oy bryjys m (“boiled egg”)
• oy frankres m (“free-range egg”)
• oy friys m (“fried egg”)
• oy skramblys m (“scrambled egg”)

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, poetic) 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 in 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

Finnish

Alternative forms

• OY, Oy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːˌyː/, [ˈo̞ːˌyː]
• Rhymes: -yː

Noun

oy

1. (business) LLC; initialism of osakeyhtiö (“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

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

See also

• oyj

Further reading

• “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 3 July 2023

Gutnish

Etymology

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

Noun

oy f (definite oyi)

1. island

Ladino

Alternative forms

• hoy (Haketía), oi (Romania)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish oy (“today”), from Latin hodiē. Cognate with Portuguese hoje and Spanish hoy.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris):

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Adverb

oy (Hebrew spelling אויי)

1. today (this day) [16th c.]
   • 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 December 2020, page 11:

     La primera de eyas es ke el djudeo-espaniol kontiene un grande numero de arkaizmos o sea, palavras ke eran empleadas en Espania asta el siglo XV ma ke dezparesieron dezde entonses de su vokabulario, mientres ke en el djudeo-espaniol kontinuan a existir asta oy.

     The first of them is that Judeo-Spanish contains a large number of archaisms, or rather, words that were used in Spain until the 15th century but which disappeared after then from its vocabulary, while in Judeo-Spanish they continue to be used to this day.

   • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎^[3], page 434:

     "A!" le dishi, "Oy no es un día mazalozo… Poko antes me se rompió el mango de la chanta…"

     ‘Gah!’ somebody said to another, ‘Today is not a lucky day… A little earlier my suitcase handle broke.’

Anagrams

• yo

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hodiē. Cognates include Old French hui and Old Galician-Portuguese oge.

Adverb

oy

1. today

Descendants

• Ladino: oy, אויי
• Spanish: hoy
• →? Extremaduran: oi

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “oy”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 374

Scots

Interjection

oy

1. alternative spelling of oigh

Noun

oy (plural oys)

1. grandchild

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• uy

Etymology

Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: English oi, Japanese おい (oi), Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”), etc.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

oy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜌ᜔) (colloquial, informal)

1. alternative form of hoy: expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!

   Oy, tingnan n'yo 'to!

   Hey, look at this!

2. alternative form of hoy: expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!

   Oy! 'Wag!

   Hey! Don't!

3. an informal greeting: hey!

   Oy! Kamusta?

   Hey! How are you?

4. an expression of surprise: hey!

   Oy! Bago 'to ah!

   Hey! This is new!

Anagrams

• 'yo

Tocharian A

Interjection

oy

1. alas

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oj/

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish اوی (oy, “thought”), itself from Old Anatolian Turkish اوی (oy), ultimately from onomatopoeic origin. Initially reintroduced to the language during 1930s as a Turkic replacement for fikir and rey (see kamuoyu (“public opinion”)).

Noun

oy (definite accusative oyu, plural oylar)

1. vote

   Synonym: (rare) rey

2. (obsolete or rare) opinion, thought, vision [1935]

   Synonyms: görüş, fikir, (obsolete) rey

Declension

Declension of oy

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

Derived terms

• kamuoyu
• oy vermek
• oylamak

Etymology 2

Verb

oy

1. second-person singular imperative of oymak

Further reading

• “oy”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic	Afghan Uzbek	آی (oy)
	Yangi Imlo	ئاي
Cyrillic		ой
Latin		oy

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oy (plural oylar)

1. moon
2. month

Declension

Declension of oy

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

Possessive forms of oy

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	oyim	oylarim
genitive	oyimning	oylarimning
dative	oyimga	oylarimga
definite accusative	oyimni	oylarimni
locative	oyimda	oylarimda
ablative	oyimdan	oylarimdan
similative	oyimdek	oylarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	oying	oylaring
genitive	oyingning	oylaringning
dative	oyingga	oylaringga
definite accusative	oyingni	oylaringni
locative	oyingda	oylaringda
ablative	oyingdan	oylaringdan
similative	oyingdek	oylaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	oyi	oylari
genitive	oyining	oylarining
dative	oyiga	oylariga
definite accusative	oyini	oylarini
locative	oyida	oylarida
ablative	oyidan	oylaridan
similative	oyidek	oylaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	oyimiz	oylarimiz
genitive	oyimizning	oylarimizning
dative	oyimizga	oylarimizga
definite accusative	oyimizni	oylarimizni
locative	oyimizda	oylarimizda
ablative	oyimizdan	oylarimizdan
similative	oyimizdek	oylarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	oyingiz	oylaringiz
genitive	oyingizning	oylaringizning
dative	oyingizga	oylaringizga
definite accusative	oyingizni	oylaringizni
locative	oyingizda	oylaringizda
ablative	oyingizdan	oylaringizdan
similative	oyingizdek	oylaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	oyi	oylari
genitive	oyining	oylarining
dative	oyiga	oylariga
definite accusative	oyini	oylarini
locative	oyida	oylarida
ablative	oyidan	oylaridan
similative	oyidek	oylaridek

Further reading

• “oy“ in izoh.uz

Volapük

Pronoun

oy

1. (indefinite personal pronoun) one