о-
See also: o- and Appendix:Variations of "o"
Even
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *ō-.
Verb
о- (o-)
- to make
Old Church Slavonic
Alternative forms
- об- (ob-)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *o(b).
Prefix
о- • (o-)
- prefix added to verbs of motion: about, around
- prefix added to nouns: close by, around
- prefix added to verbs: completely, to the full extent
Derived terms
Old Church Slavonic terms prefixed with о-
Old Church Slavonic terms prefixed with об-
Related terms
- о (o), об (ob)
Russian
Alternative forms
- об- (ob-) – before vowels
- обо- (obo-) – before certain consonant clusters
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐ]
- IPA(key): [ˈo] (when stressed)
Prefix
о- • (o-)
- prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce factitive verbs in conjunction with -ить (-itʹ), i.e. verbs with the meaning of making (someone or something) the mentioned characteristic or property
- See -ить (-itʹ) for examples.
- prefix added to adjectives or nouns to produce fientive verbs in conjunction with -ить (-itʹ) + -ся (-sja) or with -еть (-etʹ), i.e. verbs with the meaning of becoming or receiving the mentioned characteristic or property
- о- (o-) + зо́лото (zóloto, “gold”) + -и́ть (-ítʹ) + -ся (-sja) → озолоти́ться (ozolotítʹsja, “to receive gold; (figuratively) to get rich”)
- о- (o-) + зелёный (zeljónyj, “green”) + -ить (-itʹ) + -ся (-sja) → озелени́ться (ozelenítʹsja, “to become green; to become planted”)
- о- (o-) + безлю́дный (bezljúdnyj, “uninhabited, depopulated”) + -еть (-etʹ) → обезлю́деть (obezljúdetʹ, “to become depopulated”)
- prefix added to verbs of motion: about, around
- обо- (obo-) + -йти́ (-jtí, “to go”) → обойти́ (obojtí, “to go around”)
- prefix added to nouns: close by, around
- о- (o-) + край (kraj, “land, country”) + -ина (-ina) → окра́ина (okráina, “outskirts, periphery”)
- о- (o-) + бок (bok, “side”) + -ина (-ina) → обо́чина (obóčina, “roadside, curb”)
- prefix added to verbs: completely, to the full extent
- prefix added to verbs, with the suffix -ся (-sja): to fail at (some action)
- о- (o-) + говори́ть (govorítʹ, “to speak”) + -ся (-sja) → оговори́ться (ogovorítʹsja, “to make a slip of the tongue”)
- prefix added to verbs, with the suffix -ся (-sja): to recover from (some action)
- о- (o-) + ду́мать (dúmatʹ, “to think”) + -ся (-sja) → оду́маться (odúmatʹsja, “to change one's mind”)
- о- (o-) + по́мнить (pómnitʹ, “to remember”) + -ся (-sja) → опо́мниться (opómnitʹsja, “to regain consciousness”)
Derived terms
Russian terms prefixed with о-
Russian terms prefixed with об-
Russian terms prefixed with обо-
Related terms
- о (o), об (ob)