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ó-

ó-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

Faroese

Prefix

ó-

  1. un-

Derived terms

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ó-, ú-, from Proto-Germanic *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-, a prefix use of the particle *ne (not). In Icelandic this changed very early from ú- to ó-.

Cognate with Old English un- (English un-) Old Saxon un-, Dutch on-, Old High German un- (German un-, Swedish o-, Norwegian u), and Gothic 𐌿𐌽- (un-). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek α- (a-), αν- (an-), Latin in-, and Old Irish in-.

Prefix

ó-

  1. un-, non-, in-
    ó- + friður (peace)ófriður (war)
    ó- + heppni (luck)óheppni (bad luck)
    ó- + þekkur (well-behaved)óþekkur (naughty)
    ó- + happ (a stroke of luck)óhapp (accident)
    ó- + samlína (collinear)ósamlína (noncollinear)

Derived terms

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  • óendanlegur (endless, infinite)
  • óbundinn
  • óheppni
  • óhittni

See also

  • ú-