ox
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English oxa, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (compare Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उक्षन् (ukṣán)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒks/
- Rhymes: -ɒks
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Audio (Canada) (file)
Noun[edit]
ox (plural oxen)
- An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus).
- Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
- 1934, commentary on the Qur'an (Sura 39 verse 6) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali:
- Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.
- 1934, commentary on the Qur'an (Sura 39 verse 6) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali:
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Terms derived from "ox"
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Translations[edit]
an adult castrated male of cattle
any bovine animal used as a beast of burden
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Azerbaijani[edit]
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Cyrillic | ох |
Roman | ox |
Perso-Arabic | اوْخ |
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (oq, “arrow”), from Proto-Turkic.
Noun[edit]
ox (definite accusative oxu, plural oxlar)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ox
Possessive forms of ox
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mongolic *ög-. Cognate to Mongolian өгөх (ögöh) and perhaps Khitan [Khitan Small needed] (û).
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ox
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