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

• 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)

• OY, Oy

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

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 3 July 2023

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

oy f (definite oyi)

1. island

• hoy (Haketía), oi (Romania)

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

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oy (Hebrew spelling אויי)^[1]

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.’

• yo

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

oy

1. today

• Ladino: oy, אויי
• Spanish: hoy

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

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 oi, Japanese おい (oi), Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”), etc.

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

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!

• 'yo

oy

1. alas

• IPA^(key): /oj/

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”)).^[1]

oy (definite accusative oyu, plural oylar)

1. vote

   Synonym: (rare) rey

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

   Synonyms: görüş, fikir, (obsolete) rey

oy

1. second-person singular imperative of oymak

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

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