The Collaborative International Dictionary
O' \O'\ [Ir. o a descendant.] A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol.
O' \O'\ ([=o]; unaccented [-o]), prep.
A shortened form of of or on. ``At the turning o' the tide.''
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
as a prefix in Irish names, from Irish ó, ua (Old Irish au) "descendant."
Wiktionary
prep. (context unstressed English) (apocopic form of of English)
Wikipedia
O', O’, O`, O´, O‘ or Oʻ may refer to:
- the anglicized variant of the patronymic term "Ó" in Irish names (like in O'Sullivan)
- short for "of" or "on" (like in Pot o' Gold, John o' Groats or o'clock)
- a misspelling of the letter "O" with a diacritic like Ó and Ò
- the twenty-fifth letter of the Uzbek alphabet
- This is close to Ơ in Vietnamese
O′ (with prime symbol) represents the glottalized or creaky vowel " /o̰/" in Taa language
’O or 'o is a male article in Neapolitan language (like in ’O sole mio)
Usage examples of "o'".
Doobtless sic bairnies hae to suffer frae the prood jeedgment o' their fellow-men and women, but they may get muckle guid and little ill frae that--a guid naebody can reive them o'.