оу

See also: Оу, oy, and Ꙋ

Translingual

Letter

оу (mixed case Оу, upper case ОУ)

1. A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called uk or digraph uk.

Alternative forms

• ꙋ (monograph)

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Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ꙋ (u)

Etymology 1

Letter

оу • (u) (lower case, upper case Оу)

1. A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called оукъ (ukŭ), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Old Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е (Є є), Ж ж, Ѕ ѕ (Ꙃ ꙃ), З з (Ꙁ ꙁ), И и, І і (Ї ї), Ꙉ ꙉ, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Оу оу (Ꙋ ꙋ), Ф ф, Х х, Ѡ ѡ (Ѿ ѿ), Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ꙑ ꙑ, Ь ь, Ѣ ѣ, Ꙗ ꙗ, Ѥ ѥ, Ю ю, Ѫ ѫ, Ѭ ѭ, Ѧ ѧ (Ꙙ ꙙ), Ѩ ѩ (Ꙝ ꙝ), Ѯ ѯ, Ѱ ѱ, Ѳ ѳ, Ѵ ѵ, Ҁ ҁ

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *u.

Preposition

оу • (u)

1. from
2. (with genitive) at
3. (with genitive) in

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *u.

Preposition

оу (u)

1. (with genitive) Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: By; through the action or presence of.

References

• “оу (letter no. 607/562)”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2024

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoʊ]

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Noun

о́у • (óu) n inan (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter O.

Usage notes

This name is used in a context of the English language, whereas о is used in translingual contexts.