dobs

See also: Dobs, DoBs, and DOBs

English

Verb

dobs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dob

Anagrams

• BSOD, bods

Latvian

Etymology

From earlier *dobus, from Proto-Baltic *duob-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep”). In Latvian, former u-stem adjectives were assimilated into other classes; *dobus gave rise to both an o-stem and a yo-stem variant which later on became independent words, dobs and dobjš, with different semantic nuances (compare also, e.g., plats and plašs, or ass and ašs). Cognates include Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Lithuanian dauba (“hollow place”), Proto-Slavic *duplo (“hole, hollow”) (Russian, Ukrainian дупло́ (dupló), Belarusian дуплё (dupljó), Bulgarian ду́пло (dúplo), Polish dziupło (“cavity, pit”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups, “deep”) (< *deupaz), German tief, English deep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duôbs]

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Adjective

dobs (definite dobais, comparative dobāks, superlative visdobākais, adverb dobi)

1. hollow (empty inside)

   dobs stiebrs ― hollow trunk

   dobs cilindrs ― hollow cylinder

   dobi ragi ― hollow horns

   koks ar dobu vidu ― tree with a hollow interior

   dobo ķieģeļu un bloku ražošana ― production of hollow bricks and blocks

Usage notes

In general, dobs is more concrete (“hollow cylinder”), while dobjš is more abstract or metaphorical (“hollow voice”).

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of dobs

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	dobs	dobi		doba	dobas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	dobu	dobus		dobu	dobas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	doba	dobu		dobas	dobu
dative (datīvs)	dobam	dobiem		dobai	dobām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	dobu	dobiem		dobu	dobām
locative (lokatīvs)	dobā	dobos		dobā	dobās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Synonyms

• (of sounds): dobjš, truls

Derived terms

• dobums