See also: Dobs, DoBs, and DOBs

English

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Verb

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dobs

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dob

Anagrams

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Latvian

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Etymology

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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.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [duôbs]
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Adjective

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

  1. hollow (empty inside)
    dobs stiebrshollow trunk
    dobs cilindrshollow cylinder
    dobi ragihollow horns
    koks ar dobu vidutree with a hollow interior
    dobo ķieģeļu un bloku ražošanaproduction of hollow bricks and blocks

Usage notes

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

Declension

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dobjš”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN