od-

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Czech

Prefix

od-

  1. a prefix, usually indicating movement away, detachment or separation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • od-/ode- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Ojibwe

Prefix

od-

  1. Alternative form of o-

Usage notes

od- appears before stems that begin with the vowels a, aa, e, i, and oo.

Alternative forms

See also

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ud-, from Proto-Indo-European *úd.

Prefix

od-

  1. Alternative form of uss- found before stops

Further reading

  • Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 299

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъ-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

od-

  1. indicates movement away; away
    od- + ‎ → ‎odejć
  2. indicates repetition of some process; re-
    od- + ‎sypać → ‎odsypać
  3. indicates returning an action to someone; back
    od- + ‎dać → ‎oddać

Derived terms

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish od-, from Proto-Slavic *otъ-. Compare Old English ed-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

od-

  1. indicates undoing some process; un-
    Synonym: roz-
    od- + ‎łączyć → ‎odłączyć
  2. indicates repetition of some process; re-
    Synonyms: prze-, re-
    od- + ‎budować → ‎odbudować
  3. indicates returning an action to someone; back
    od- + ‎dzwonić → ‎oddzwonić
  4. indicates a routine or ritual activity
  5. indicates movement away; away
    Antonym: do-
    od- + ‎iść → ‎odejść

Derived terms

Further reading

  • od- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otъ-. Prefixed form of the preposition od.

Pronunciation

Prefix

od-

  1. Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
    1. away, off
      od- + ‎īti (to go) → ‎odíti (to go away)
    2. to finish, to complete, to the end
      od- + ‎večẹ̑rjati (to dine) → ‎odvečẹ̑rjati (to finish dinner)
      od- + ‎igráti (to play) → ‎odigráti (to play to the end)
    3. un-, de-
      od- + ‎vẹ́zati (to tie) → ‎odvẹ́zati (to untie)
    4. back, in response
      od- + ‎pisáti (to write) → ‎odpisáti (to write back)

Derived terms

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV od-
Brazilian standard od-
New Tribes od-

Pronunciation

Prefix

od-

  1. (Cunucunuma River dialect) Alternative form of odh-