Ó

Ó	U+00D3, Ó LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE

Composition:

O [U+004F] + ◌́ [U+0301]

← Ò
[U+00D2]

Latin-1 Supplement

Ô →
[U+00D4]

Translingual

Letter

Ó (lower case ó)

The letter O with an acute accent above it.

See also

(Latin script): A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S ſ s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
(Variations of letter O): Ó ó Ò ò Ŏ ŏ Ô ô Ố ố Ồ ồ Ỗ ỗ Ổ ổ Ǒ ǒ Ö ö Ȫ ȫ Ő ő Õ õ Ṍ ṍ Ṏ ṏ Ȭ ȭ Ȯ ȯ Ȱ ȱ Ø ø Ǿ ǿ Ǫ ǫ Ǭ ǭ Ō ō Ṓ ṓ Ō̂ō̂ Ṑ ṑ Ỏ ỏ Ȍ ȍ Ȏ ȏ Ơ ơ Ớ ớ Ờ ờ Ỡ ỡ Ở ở Ợ ợ Ọ ọ Ộ ộ Ɵ ɵ ⱺ ᴏ Ｏｏ Ꜵ ꜵ Œ œ Ꝏ ꝏ Ꝍ ꝍ Ȣ ȣ
(Letters using acute accent or double acute accent): Á á Ắ ắ Ấ ấ Ǻ ǻ Ć ć Ḉ ḉ É é Ế ế Ǵ ǵ Í í Ḯ ḯ Ḱ ḱ Ĺ ĺ Ḿ ḿ Ń ń Ó ó Ő ő Ớ ớ Ṍ ṍ Ǿ ǿ Ṕ ṕ Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ű ű Ứ ứ Ẃ ẃ Ý ý Ź ź Ǽ ǽ

Irish

Etymology

See ó.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): [oː]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ɔː]

Noun

Ó m (genitive singular Uí, nominative plural Uí)

Alternative form of ó (“grandson, grandchild”) used in surnames.

Usage notes

Forms with the definite article are not found.
The form Ó triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel.
The form Uí triggers lenition of a following consonant.
The form Uíbh triggers no mutation of a following sound.

Declension

Declension of Ó

Irregular

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Ó	Uí
Vocative	Uí	Uí
Genitive	Uí	Uí
Dative	Ó	Uí (obsolete except in sept names) Uíbh

Related terms

Ní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ó	nÓ	hÓ	tÓ
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"Ó" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“O'” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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