og

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

og (plural ogs)

1. Initialism of own goal.

Etymology 2

og

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of organize and related forms of that word (organized, organizes, organizing, organizer, organizable, organization, organizational, organizationally, etc.)

Anagrams

• -go-, G.O., GO, Go, Goα, g'ô, go

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• ug
• 'g — contraction, appended to the preceding word

Etymology

Standardized form of ug as an article in contrast to its conjunctional function.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuɡ/ [ʔʊɡ]

Article

og

1. indefinite indirect marker for nouns other than personal names.

   Coordinate term: sa — for definite nouns

2. refers to motion towards an indefinite location:

   Moadto siya og merkado unya. ― He's going to a market later.

3. refers to accompaniment with an indefinite partner or object: with a

   Synonyms: uban (og/ang), kuyog (og/ang)

   Nagpakuyog si Juan og guwardiya. ― Juan went with a security guard.

4. refers to an indefinite tool or instrument used for doing: with, through, by

   Synonym: gamit (ang)

   Iyang gibunalan og silhig. ― He struck him with a broom.

5. shows relation between two grammatical parts:
   1. preceding infinitives (replacing a prefix pag-)

      Naglisod ko og saka. ― I had a hard time going up.

   2. with adjectives of manner

      Nilakaw siya og kusog. ― He walked away fast.

   3. after ayaw (“don't”)

      Ayaw og adto. ― Don't go.

6. (adjective + og + noun) having, possessing as an attribute:

   Synonym: may

   Dako og bukton. ― Having big arms.

   Kanindot niya og mata! ― What beautiful eyes s/he has!

Usage notes

• See usage notes under sa.

See also

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ok (“and, also”), from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Swedish och (“and”), ock (“also”), Dutch ook (“also”), and German auch (“also”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʌ], [ɒw]

Conjunction

og

1. and

Adverb

og

1. (archaic, dialect) also

   Synonym: også

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *auk. Cognate with Swedish och.

Conjunction

og

1. and

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oː/, [oːo̞]
• Homophones: ov (‘too’)

Conjunction

og

1. and

   Hanus og Janus

   Hans and Jens

   her og har

   here and there

See also

• bæði ... og

Gothic

Romanization

ōg

1. Romanization of 𐍉𐌲

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːɣ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɣ

Conjunction

og

1. and

Derived terms

Kunjen

Noun

og

1. water

References

• Australian Languages: Classification and the comparative method (2004, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ok (“and”), from earlier auk (“and”), from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also, too, furthermore”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to increase, enlarge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/
• IPA^(key): /ɔɡʲ/ (less common)

Conjunction

og

1. and

References

• “og” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ/
• Homophone: å

Conjunction

og

1. and

References

• “og” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Etymology

Uncertain. Originally a neuter s-stem, perhaps *ugos.

This word cannot be derived from Proto-Celtic *āwyom (from which Brittonic words Welsh wy (“egg”) descend), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm, because the -g- and the vowel in Old Irish are unaccounted for.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oɣ]

Noun

og n or m or f (genitive ugae, nominative plural ugae)

1. egg
2. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

Descendants

• Irish: ubh
• Manx: ooh
• Scottish Gaelic: ugh

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 og”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, retrieved 26 July 2024
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 338, page 216; reprinted 2017