о-
See also: o- and Appendix:Variations of "o"
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.
Pronunciation
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
- prefix added to nouns: close by, around
- 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”)