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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Pronunciation

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Noun

око́ (okón (relational adjective о́чен)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

Declension of око́
singular plural
indefinite око́
okó
очи́
očí
definite око́то
okóto
очи́те
očíte

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian о́ко (óko), from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Noun

око (oko)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Pronunciation

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  • Syllabification: о‧ко
  • Hyphenation: око

Noun

око (okon (plural очи, relational adjective очен, diminutive окце or оче, augmentative очиште)

  1. (anatomy) eye

Declension

Declension of око
singular plural
indefinite око (oko) очи (oči)
definite unspecified окото (okoto) очите (očite)
definite proximal оково (okovo) очиве (očive)
definite distal оконо (okono) очине (očine)
vocative око (oko) очи (oči)

Derived terms

References

  • око” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

  • Glagolitic: ⱁⰽⱁ (oko)
  • ꙩко (oko) (with monocular o) (with ꙫчи (oči) (dual with binocular o) and ꙭчи (oči) (dual with double monocular o))

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Noun

око (okon

  1. (anatomy) eye
  2. vision, sight

Declension

Declension of око (irregular s-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative око
oko
очи
oči
очеса
očesa
genitive очесе, ока
očese, oka
очью, очию
očĭju, očiju
очесъ
očesŭ
dative очеси, окоу
očesi, oku
очима
očima
очесьмъ
očesĭmŭ
accusative око
oko
очи
oči
очеса
očesa
instrumental очесьмь, окомь
očesĭmĭ, okomĭ
очима
očima
очесꙑ
očesy
locative очесе, оцѣ, очеси
očese, ocě, očesi
очью, очию
očĭju, očiju
очесьхъ
očesĭxŭ
vocative око
oko
очи
oči
очеса
očesa

The singular takes o-stem or s-stem endings, the dual takes mostly i-stem endings, and the plural takes s-stem endings. Halla-aho considers the dual forms a remnant of an original i-stem which later became an s-stem, but Derksen reconstructs the Proto-Slavic form as an o-stem instead.

See also

References

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic око (oko).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔkɔ//ˈɔkɔ//ˈɔkɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔkɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔkɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔkɔ/

  • Hyphenation: о‧ко

Noun

око (okon

  1. eye
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 4:
      отъкрꙑи бо рече очи мои да раꙁоумѣю чюдеса отъ ꙁакона твоѥго
      otŭkryi bo reče oči moi da razuměju čjudesa otŭ zakona tvojego
      For he says "Open my eyes so that I understand the miracles from your testament."

Declension

Declension of око (irregular)
singular dual plural
nominative око
oko
очи
oči
очеса
očesa
genitive ока
oka
очию
očiju
очесъ
očesŭ
dative оку
oku
очьма
očĭma
очесьмъ
očesĭmŭ
accusative око
oko
очи
oči
очеса
očesa
instrumental окъмь
okŭmĭ
очьма
očĭma
очесꙑ
očesy
locative оцѣ
ocě
очию
očiju
очесьхъ
očesĭxŭ
vocative око
oko
очи
oči
очеса
očesa
Declension of око (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative око
oko
оцѣ
ocě
ока
oka
genitive ока
oka
оку
oku
окъ
okŭ
dative оку
oku
окома
okoma
окомъ
okomŭ
accusative око
oko
оцѣ
ocě
ока
oka
instrumental окъмь
okŭmĭ
окома
okoma
окꙑ
oky
locative оцѣ
ocě
оку
oku
оцѣхъ
ocěxŭ
vocative око
oko
оцѣ
ocě
ока
oka

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “око”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 642

Old Novgorodian

Etymology 1

око

First attested in c. 1100‒1120. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ȍko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ak-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (eye), from *h₃ekʷ- (to see; eye). Cognate with Old East Slavic око (oko), Old Ruthenian о́ко (óko), Old Church Slavonic око / ⱁⰽⱁ (oko), Old Polish oko, Old Czech oko.

Noun

око (okon (dual оци)

  1. (anatomy) eye
Declension

Etymology 2

First attested in c. 1180‒1200. By surface analysis, о (o) +‎ ко (ko). Cognate with Old East Slavic око (oko).

Conjunction

око (oko)

  1. that
  2. as
  3. so, so that
Derived terms
conjunction
phrase

References

  1. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 769
  2. ^ Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 770

Further reading

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Noun

око (okon inan (genitive plural о́чи)

  1. eye
  2. sight, look

Descendants

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “воко; око”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 294
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*око¹”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 78
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “око, воко”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 22 (оддыханье – ость), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 136
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “воко; око”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 197
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “око”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 32

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak oko, from Proto-Slavic *oko. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn о́ко (óko), во́ко (vóko) and Slovak oko.

Pronunciation

Noun

око (okon (diminutive очичко, augmentative очиско, related adjective оков or очни)

  1. eye
    маче окоmače okocat's eye
    оч до оч do eye-to-eye

Usage notes

  • The genitive plural form оч () is only used in certain fixed phrases before or after prepositions.

Declension

Declension of око
singular plural
nominative око (oko) очи (oči)
genitive ока (oka) очох / оч (očox / oč)
dative оку (oku) очом (očom)
accusative око (oko) очи (oči)
instrumental оком (okom) очми / очами (očmi / očami)
locative оку (oku) очох (očox)
vocative око (oko) очи (oči)

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
nouns

Further reading

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic око (oko), from Proto-Slavic *oko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

о́ко (ókon inan (genitive о́ка, nominative plural о́чи*, genitive plural оче́й*) (* о́чи is actually an old nominative dual form for neuter nouns.)

  1. (dated or poetic or literary) eye (used in proverbs and expressions)
    Synonym: (a more common term) глаз m (glaz)
    о́чи чёрныеóči čórnyjedark eyes
    Ви́дит о́ко, да зу́б неймёт.Vídit óko, da zúb nejmjót.The eye sees (it) but the tooth cannot take it.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “око”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “око”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 594

Further reading

  • око in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ôko/
  • Hyphenation: о‧ко

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Noun

о̏ко n (Latin spelling ȍko)

  1. (anatomy) eye
Declension
Declension of око
singular plural
nominative о̏ко о̏чи
genitive о̏ка о̀чијӯ
dative оку очима
accusative око очи
vocative око очи
locative оку очима
instrumental оком очима

Further reading

  • око”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • око”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • око”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Preposition

о̏ко (Latin spelling ȍko)

  1. around, about, approximately
    Заплијењено је око 45 кг.Approximately 45 kg was seized.

Further reading

  • око”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • око”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Ruthenian о́ко (óko), from Proto-Slavic *oko.

Noun

о́ко (ókon inan (genitive о́ка, nominative plural о́чі, genitive plural оче́й, relational adjective о́чний)

  1. eye
Usage notes

The genitive singular, о́ка (óka), is used after the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Declension
Declension of о́ко
(inan velar neut-form accent-e irreg-plstem)
singular plural
nominative о́ко
óko
о́чі
óči
genitive о́ка
óka
оче́й
očéj
dative о́ку
óku
оча́м
očám
accusative о́ко
óko
о́чі, ві́чі
óči, víči
instrumental о́ком
ókom
очи́ма
očýma
locative о́ку, о́ці
óku, óci
оча́х
očáx
vocative о́ко
óko
о́чі
óči

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوقه.

Noun

о́ко (ókon inan (genitive о́ка, nominative plural о́ка, genitive plural ок or вік)

  1. (archaic) oka: A unit of weight, approximately 1.2 kg.
  2. (archaic) oka: A measure for alcoholic beverages, approximately 1-1.5 liters.
Declension
Declension of о́ко
(inan velar neut-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative о́ко
óko
о́ка
óka
genitive о́ка
óka
ок, вік
ok, vik
dative о́кові, о́ку
ókovi, óku
о́кам
ókam
accusative о́ко
óko
о́ка
óka
instrumental о́ком
ókom
о́ками
ókamy
locative о́ку
óku
о́ках
ókax
vocative о́ко
óko
о́ка
óka

Further reading