о

Character	о
Unicode name	CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER O
Cyrillic	U+043E

See also Appendix:Variations of "o"

Translingual

Cyrillic letter О о (О о), normal above, italics below.

Handwritten forms

Etymology

From early Cyrillic letter onŭ.

Letter

о (lower case, upper case О)

1. Cyrillic small letter o

Related terms

• o (Latin alphabet)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Cyrillic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: О, о

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Old Church Slavonic

Preposition

о (o)

1. about
2. around
3. through
4. during
5. because of
6. for
7. in

Related terms

• об
• объ

References

• Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

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Romanian

Article

о

1. Cyrillic form of o

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Russian

Pronunciation

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Letter

о (lower case, upper case О)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.
2. The Roman letter O, o.

Usage notes

Its Russian name is о (ō) and in stressed syllables it has the sound of the long o in orphan. In unstressed positions, it is pronounced as a schwa, like the o in mother. (Unstressed Russian о is pronounced the same as unstressed Russian а.)

See also

• Previous letter: н
• Next letter: п

Preposition

о, об (before vowels), обо (before some difficult consonant clusters such as мн- and вс-)

1. (+ prepositional case): about, of, on

   • Они́ говоря́т обо мне́ — They are talking about me.
   • Я чита́л о нём — I’ve read about him.

2. (+ accusative case): against, upon

   • опира́ться о сте́ну — to lean against the wall

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): О

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /o/

Letter

о (Roman spelling o)

1. The 18th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet, preceded by њ and followed by п.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *o, *ob, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebhi. See о-, об-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /o/

Preposition

о (Roman spelling o)

1. (with accusative) on, against

   об(ј)есити нешто о куку — to hang something on a hook

   ударити главом о зид — to hit one's head against the wall

   огр(иј)ешити се о закон — to violate a law

2. (with locative) about, concerning

   бринути се о некоме — to take care of somebody

   в(иј)ест о катастрофи — news about the catastrophe

   р(иј)еч је о..., ради се о.... — it's about..., this refers to...