око
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈkɔ/
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔkɔ/
Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ȍko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ak-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.
Declension
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | око oko |
очи oči |
очеса očesa |
Accusative | око oko |
очи oči |
очеса očesa |
Genitive | очесе, ока očese, oka |
очью, очию očĭju, očiju |
очесъ očesŭ |
Locative | очесе, оцѣ, очеси očese, ocě, očesi |
очью, очию očĭju, očiju |
очесьхъ očesĭxŭ |
Dative | очеси, окоу očesi, oku |
очима očima |
очесьмъ očesĭmŭ |
Instrumental | очесьмь, окомь očesĭmĭ, okomĭ |
очима očima |
очесꙑ očesy |
Vocative | око oko |
очи oči |
очеса očesa |
The singular takes o-stem or s-stem endings, the dual takes mostly i-stem endings, and the plural takes s-stem endings. Halla-aho considers the dual forms a remnant of an original i-stem which later became an s-stem, but Derksen reconstructs the Proto-Slavic form as an o-stem instead.
See also
- многоочитый, многоꙮчитїи (mnogoočityй, mnogoočitii) (ꙮ (o))
References
- Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “око”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
- Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “око”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈokə]
Noun
о́ко • (óko) n inan (genitive о́ка, nominative plural о́чи*, genitive plural оче́й*) (* о́чи is actually an old nominative dual form for neuter nouns.)
Declension
Synonyms
- глаз m (glaz) (a more common term)
Rusyn
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ôko/
- Hyphenation: о‧ко
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.
Declension
Preposition
о̏ко (Latin spelling ȍko) (+ genitive case)
- around
- about
- approximately
- Заплијењено је око 45 кг. ― Approximately 45 kg was seized.
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔkɔ]
Audio (file)
Usage notes
Notice that the irregular plural is an old dual form.
Declension
Noun
Declension
References
- око in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka