о
/[ɔ]/
Bulgariancharacterprepintj
Definitions
- 1.The fifteenth letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called о (o), and written in the Cyrillic script.
- 2.against
вълни́те се разби́ваха о брега́
vǎlníte se razbívaha o bregá — the waves crashed against the shore
- 3.at (with reference to a look or glance)
взи́рам се о стена́та
vzíram se o stenáta — I'm staring at the wall
- 4.archaicto (a location))
- 5.archaicliteraryin, (adhere) to (a theory, view, etc.)
- 6.archaicon/around (a location)
- 7.archaic(bend/fold) in (a number) (indicating how many times something is bent or folded)
- 8.archaicliteraryabout, concerning
- 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.oh (used when addressing someone)
О бо́же, помогни́ ми!
O bóže, pomogní mi! — Oh God, help me!
- 11.oh (used to emphasize a statement)
О, каква́ красота́!
O, kakvá krasotá! — Oh, how beautiful!
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *o(b), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi.
Forms
- oromanization
- Оuppercase