dobar

Galician

From an older debaar (13th century), from Vulgar Latin *dēpānāre (“to unravel”).

dobar (first-person singular present dobo, first-person singular preterite dobei, past participle dobado)

(transitive) to wind, coil, reel; to skein
- 1281, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno), Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra edition, page 133:
  Mando o fiado daſ eſtopaſ que teño debaado a Maria Suarez τ a Tereyga τ Maria Martinz.
  I give the tow yarn I have coiled to María Suarez and to Tereixa and María Martís
(transitive) to unravel
(transitive) to clean and unravel intestines

Conjugation of dobar

Reintegrated conjugation of dobar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	dobar
Personal	dobar	dobares	dobar	dobarmos	dobardes	dobarem
Gerund
	dobando
Past participle
Masculine	dobado			dobados
Feminine	dobada			dobadas
Indicative
Present	dobo	dobas	doba	dobamos	dobades, dobais	dobam
Imperfect	dobava	dobavas	dobava	dobávamos	dobávades, dobáveis, dobávais¹	dobavam
Preterite	dobei	dobaste, dobache¹	dobou	dobamos	dobastes	dobárom, dobaram
Pluperfect	dobara	dobaras	dobara	dobáramos	dobárades, dobáreis, dobárais¹	dobaram
Future	dobarei	dobarás	dobará	dobaremos	dobaredes, dobareis	dobarám, dobarão
Conditional	dobaria	dobarias	dobaria	dobaríamos	dobaríades, dobaríeis, dobaríais¹	dobariam
Subjunctive
Present	dobe	dobes	dobe	dobemos	dobedes, dobeis	dobem
Imperfect	dobasse	dobasses	dobasse	dobássemos	dobássedes, dobásseis	dobassem
Future	dobar	dobares	dobar	dobarmos	dobardes	dobarem
Imperative
Affirmative		doba	dobe	dobemos	dobade, dobai	dobem
Negative (nom)		nom dobes	nom dobe	nom dobemos	nom dobedes, nom dobeis	nom dobem

¹Less recommended.

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “debaa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
“dobar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“dobar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
“dobar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“dobar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
“dobar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
“debandar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

dȍbar (Cyrillic spelling до̏бар, definite dȍbrī, comparative bȍljī)

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dobar	dobra	dobro
genitive		dobra	dobre	dobra
dative		dobru	dobroj	dobru
accusative	inanimate animate	dobar dobra	dobru	dobro
vocative		dobar	dobra	dobro
locative		dobru	dobroj	dobru
instrumental		dobrim	dobrom	dobrim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dobri	dobre	dobra
genitive		dobrih	dobrih	dobrih
dative		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)
accusative		dobre	dobre	dobra
vocative		dobri	dobre	dobra
locative		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)
instrumental		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dobri	dobra	dobro
genitive		dobrog(a)	dobre	dobrog(a)
dative		dobrom(u/e)	dobroj	dobrom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	dobri dobrog(a)	dobru	dobro
vocative		dobri	dobra	dobro
locative		dobrom(e/u)	dobroj	dobrom(e/u)
instrumental		dobrim	dobrom	dobrim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dobri	dobre	dobra
genitive		dobrih	dobrih	dobrih
dative		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)
accusative		dobre	dobre	dobra
vocative		dobri	dobre	dobra
locative		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)
instrumental		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bolji	bolja	bolje
genitive		boljeg(a)	bolje	boljeg(a)
dative		boljem(u)	boljoj	boljem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	bolji boljeg(a)	bolju	bolje
vocative		bolji	bolja	bolje
locative		boljem(u)	boljoj	boljem(u)
instrumental		boljim	boljom	boljim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bolji	bolje	bolja
genitive		boljih	boljih	boljih
dative		boljim(a)	boljim(a)	boljim(a)
accusative		bolje	bolje	bolja
vocative		bolji	bolje	bolja
locative		boljim(a)	boljim(a)	boljim(a)
instrumental		boljim(a)	boljim(a)	boljim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najbolji	najbolja	najbolje
genitive		najboljeg(a)	najbolje	najboljeg(a)
dative		najboljem(u)	najboljoj	najboljem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najbolji najboljeg(a)	najbolju	najbolje
vocative		najbolji	najbolja	najbolje
locative		najboljem(u)	najboljoj	najboljem(u)
instrumental		najboljim	najboljom	najboljim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najbolji	najbolje	najbolja
genitive		najboljih	najboljih	najboljih
dative		najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)
accusative		najbolje	najbolje	najbolja
vocative		najbolji	najbolje	najbolja
locative		najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)
instrumental		najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)