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	plural		singular	plural
nominative	dobs	dobi		doba	dobas
genitive	doba	dobu		dobas	dobu
dative	dobam	dobiem		dobai	dobām
accusative	dobu	dobus		dobu	dobas
instrumental	dobu	dobiem		dobu	dobām
locative	dobā	dobos		dobā	dobās
vocative	—	—		—	—

Definite declension (noteiktā galotne) of dobs

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	dobais	dobie		dobā	dobās
genitive	dobā	dobo		dobās	dobo
dative	dobajam	dobajiem		dobajai	dobajām
accusative	dobo	dobos		dobo	dobās
instrumental	dobo	dobajiem		dobo	dobajām
locative	dobajā	dobajos		dobajā	dobajās
vocative	dobo, dobais	dobie		dobo, dobā	dobās

Synonyms

• (of sounds): dobjš, truls

Derived terms

• dobums