zob
English edit
Etymology edit
Claimed by Swedish scholar Jan Ivarsson (quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang) to derive from French zob (“dick, cock”), itself from Arabic زُبّ (zubb).[1]
Noun edit
zob (plural zobs)
- (US, slang, derogatory, dated) A good-for-nothing person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:worthless person
- 1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXXV, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, section III, pages 415–416:
- And the same thing goes for that crowd of crabs and snobs Down East, and next time you hear some zob from Yahooville-on-the-Hudson chewing the rag and bulling and trying to get your goat tell him that no two-fisted enterprising Westerner would have New York for a gift!
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Jonathon Green (2024) “zob n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zobъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zob m inan
- bird food
- Dali jsme ptákům do krmítka ptačí zob. ― We put some bird food into a feeder.
- (informal) beak
- Synonym: zobák
Declension edit
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic زُبّ (zubb).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zob m (plural zobs)
Further reading edit
- “zob”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zobь.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zȏb f (Cyrillic spelling зо̑б)
Declension edit
Declension of zob
Further reading edit
- “zob” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ.
Noun edit
zọ̑b m inan
- tooth; cog
- modrostni zob ― wisdom tooth
- mlečni zobje ― baby teeth
- zob me boli ― I have a toothache
- podarjenemu konju se ne gleda v zobe ― don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- oko za oko, zob za zob ― an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Declension edit
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , long mixed accent, ending -je in nominative plural, null ending in genitive dual/plural | |||
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nom. sing. | zọ̑b | ||
gen. sing. | zọ̑ba, zobȃ | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
zọ̑b | zobȃ | zobjẹ̑ |
genitive rodȋlnik |
zọ̑ba, zobȃ | zọ̑b | zọ̑b |
dative dajȃlnik |
zọ̑bu | zobẹ̑ma | zobẹ̑m |
accusative tožȋlnik |
zọ̑b | zobȃ | zobẹ̑ |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
zọ̑bu | zobẹ̑h | zobẹ̑h |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
zọ̑bom | zobẹ̑ma | zobmí |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
zọ̑b | zobȃ | zobjẹ̑ |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zobь.
Noun edit
zọ̑b f
Declension edit
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent | |||
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nom. sing. | zób | ||
gen. sing. | zobí | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
zób | zobí | zobí |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
zobí | zobí | zobí |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
zóbi | zobéma | zobém |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
zób | zobí | zobí |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
zóbi | zobéh | zobéh |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
zobjó | zobéma | zobmí |
Further reading edit
- “zob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “zob”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references