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о

/[ɔ]/
Bulgariancharacterprepintj

Definitions

  1. 1.
    The fifteenth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called о (o), and written in the Cyrillic script.
  2. 2.
    against
    • вълни́те се разби́ваха о брега́

      vǎlníte se razbívaha o bregáthe waves crashed against the shore

  3. 3.
    at (with reference to a look or glance)
    • взи́рам се о стена́та

      vzíram se o stenátaI'm staring at the wall

  4. 4.
    archaicto (a location))
  5. 5.
    archaicliteraryin, (adhere) to (a theory, view, etc.)
  6. 6.
    archaicon/around (a location)
  7. 7.
    archaic(bend/fold) in (a number) (indicating how many times something is bent or folded)
  8. 8.
    archaicliteraryabout, concerning
  9. 9.
    archaicliteraryindicating how many times something is bigger, smaller, greater or less than something else
    • Ivan Bogorov, KP(?), book 1, page 2, quoted in Rechnik na Bǎlgarskiya Ezik На́шта кни́жна търгови́я е о три пъ́ти по́вече от тя́хната. Nášta knížna tǎrgovíja e o tri pǎ́ti póveče ot tjáhnata.

      Our book trade is three times more than theirs.

  10. 10.
    oh (used when addressing someone)
    • О бо́же, помогни́ ми!

      O bóže, pomogní mi!Oh God, help me!

  11. 11.
    oh (used to emphasize a statement)
    • О, каква́ красота́!

      O, kakvá krasotá!Oh, how beautiful!

Synonyms & related words

Related words (10)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.

Forms

  • oromanization
  • Оuppercase

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