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ov

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ov"

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Respelling of of popularized by Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.

Preposition

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ov

  1. (very rare, nonstandard) Alternative spelling of of
    • 2014, Behemoth, Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer:
      Scholar ov the unlight / Great volcano ov excrement

Anagrams

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Azerbaijani

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Other scripts
Cyrillic ов
Abjad اۇو

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *āb (“hunt, chase”). Cognate with Turkish av.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ov]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ov (definite accusative ovu, plural ovlar)

  1. hunt
    ova çıxmaq ― to go hunting (literally, “to go out for a hunt”)
  2. game, prey, catch (that which is obtained in hunt)

Declension

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    Declension of ov
singular plural
nominative ov
 ovlar
definite accusative ovu
 ovları
dative ova
 ovlara
locative ovda
 ovlarda
ablative ovdan
 ovlardan
definite genitive ovun
 ovların
    Possessive forms of ov
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovum ovlarım
sənin (“your”) ovun ovların
onun (“his/her/its”) ovu ovları
bizim (“our”) ovumuz ovlarımız
sizin (“your”) ovunuz ovlarınız
onların (“their”) ovu or ovları ovları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovumu ovlarımı
sənin (“your”) ovunu ovlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) ovunu ovlarını
bizim (“our”) ovumuzu ovlarımızı
sizin (“your”) ovunuzu ovlarınızı
onların (“their”) ovunu or ovlarını ovlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovuma ovlarıma
sənin (“your”) ovuna ovlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) ovuna ovlarına
bizim (“our”) ovumuza ovlarımıza
sizin (“your”) ovunuza ovlarınıza
onların (“their”) ovuna or ovlarına ovlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovumda ovlarımda
sənin (“your”) ovunda ovlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) ovunda ovlarında
bizim (“our”) ovumuzda ovlarımızda
sizin (“your”) ovunuzda ovlarınızda
onların (“their”) ovunda or ovlarında ovlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovumdan ovlarımdan
sənin (“your”) ovundan ovlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) ovundan ovlarından
bizim (“our”) ovumuzdan ovlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) ovunuzdan ovlarınızdan
onların (“their”) ovundan or ovlarından ovlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) ovumun ovlarımın
sənin (“your”) ovunun ovlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) ovunun ovlarının
bizim (“our”) ovumuzun ovlarımızın
sizin (“your”) ovunuzun ovlarınızın
onların (“their”) ovunun or ovlarının ovlarının

Synonyms

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  • şikar (South Azerbaijani, dated)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “ov” in Obastan.com.

Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • off (alternative spelling)
  • ob (western Moselle Franconian; otherwise as a variant, but only in the sense of “if”)

Etymology

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From Old High German of, *ova, northern variant of oba.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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ov

  1. (most dialects) if; whether
    Ich weeß net, ov dat stemmp.
    I don’t know if that’s true.
    • 2014, “Alle Jläser huh”‎[1]performed by Kasalla:
      Janz ejal, ov du jet ze fiere häs,
      Alles oder nix ze verliere häs,
      Alle Jläser zo de Stääne,
      Denn die Engel, die uns fähle,
      Stusse jään met uns aan.
      No matter if you have something to celebrate,
      Everything or nothing to lose,
      All our glasses up to the stars,
      Because the angels that we miss
      Like to clink with us.
  2. (Ripuarian) or
    Dat mösse foffzig ov sechsig Mann jewäs senn.
    They must’ve been fifty or sixty people.
    Donnersdaach ov Friedaach moss ich nohm Finanzamp.
    I need to go to the tax office Thursday or Friday.

Usage notes

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  • Though formerly generally applicable, the Ripuarian ov (“or”) is now used only in vague statements or estimates. The word odder is used in order to express an actual alternative.

Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Initialism of openbaar vervoer.

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Noun

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ov n (uncountable)

  1. public transport
    Bent u met de auto of met het ov?
    Did you come by car or by public transport?

Derived terms

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Noun

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ov c (plural ov's, diminutive ov'tje n)

  1. Clipping of ov-chipkaart.

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse of, whence Icelandic of. Related to English over.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [oː]
  • Homophones: og (‘and’)

Adverb

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ov

  1. too

See also

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Judeo-Tat

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Classical Persian آب (āb).

Noun

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ov

  1. water
  2. juice
  3. sweat
    Synonym: ərəq

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אָב (ʔɔḇ).

Noun

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ov

  1. (Judaism) Av (the eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Tammuz and before Elul)

Maia

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Adverb

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ov

  1. here

Romani

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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ov

  1. he[1][2][3]

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Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man manqe manθe manθar mança miro, -i, -e
Second — tu tut tuqe tuθe tuθar tuça tiro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pes pesqe pesθe pesθar peça pesqero, -i, -e
Third Masculine ov les lesqe lesθe lesθar leça lesqero, -i, -e
Feminine oj la laqe laθe laθar laça laqero, -i, -e
Plural First — amen amenqe amenθe amenθar amença amaro, -i, -e
Second — tumen tumenqe tumenθe tumenθar tumença tumaro, -i, -e
Reflexive third — — pen penqe penθe penθar pença penqero, -i, -e
Third — on len lenqe lenθe lenθar lença lenqero, -i, -e
Kalderash Romani personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Accusative (long and short forms) Dative Locative Ablative Instrumental Possessive
Singular First — me man, ma mánge mánde mándar mánsa múrro m, múrri f, múrre pl
Second — tu tut, tu túke túte tútar túsa tíro m, tíri f, tíre pl
Reflexive third — — pês, pe pêske pêste pêstar pêsa pêsko m, pêski f, pêske pl
Third Masculine wo lês, le lêske lêste lêstar lêsa lêsko m, lêski f, lêske pl
Feminine woi la, la láke láte látar lása láko m, láki f, láke pl
Plural First — ame amên, ame amênge amênde amêndar amênsa amáro m, amári f, amáre pl
Second — tume tumên, tume tumênge tumênde tumêndar tumênsa tumáro m, tumári f, tumáre pl
Reflexive third — — pên, pe pênge pênde pêndar pênsa pêngo m, pêngi f, pênge pl
Third — won lên, le lênge lênde lêndar lênsa lêngo m, lêngi f, lênge pl

References

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  1. ^ Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “ov”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 203a
  2. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “ov B-ćham: les”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 261b
  3. ^ Yaron Matras and Evangelina Adamou (2020) “Romani and Contact Linguistics”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, →DOI, →ISBN, page 341

Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum.

Noun

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ov m (plural ovs)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, biology, zoology, foods) egg

Talysh

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Etymology

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Cognate with Persian آب (āb).

Noun

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ov

  1. water

Yola

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From Middle English of, af, from Old English of (“of, from”), an unstressed form of æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔv/, /ɔɸ/, /aɸ/, /av/

Preposition

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ov

  1. of
    Synonym: o'

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60
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