o'

See also: Appendix:Variations of “o”

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US, deliberate) IPA^(key): /oʊ/
Homophone: a
Rhymes: -ə, -oʊ

Preposition

o’

(unstressed) Contraction of of.
Gimme two o’ those ones.

from two o’clock until closing time

top o’ the mornin to ye
(obsolete, unstressed) Contraction of on.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!

Alternative forms

o, a

Derived terms

Acehnese

Alternative forms

ôk

Noun

o'

hair

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English of, from Old English of (“of, from”), an unstressed form of af, æf (“from, off, away”), from Proto-West Germanic *ab.

Alternative forms

o, ov, of, af, av, a

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔː/, /ɔv/, /ɔɸ/, /aɸ/, /av/, /ə/
Homophone: o

Preposition

o'

of
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 41:
  Come adh o' mee gazb.
  Come out of my breath.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 53:
  Ty o' letch.
  A drink of small beer.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 60:
  Outh o' harr; Out o' harr.
  Out of joint, off hinge.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 73:
  Udh o' harr.
  Out of joint, off hinge.
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 76:
  Vull o' graace.
  Full of grace.

Derived terms

Conjunction

o'

Alternative form of ar (“or”)
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 45:
  O hardïshe o' anoor.
  One thing or another.

Adjective

o'

Alternative form of o (“one”)
- 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 108:
  Shoo zent him o' die.
  She sent him one day.

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60

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