оу-

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *u-.

Prefix

оу- • (u-)

  1. (away) from
    ‎оу- (u-) + ‎тещи (tešti, “to run”) → ‎оутещи (utešti, “to run away, escape”)
  2. perfective prefix
    ‎оу- (u-) + ‎бости (bosti) → ‎оубости (ubosti)
  3. with a more concrete purpose
    ‎оу- (u-) + ‎говорити impf (govoriti, “to say”) → ‎оуговорити pf (ugovoriti, “to persuade”)
    ‎оу- (u-) + ‎знати impf (znati, “to know”) → ‎оузнати pf (uznati, “to get to know”)

Derived terms
Old Church Slavonic terms prefixed with оу-
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