dobs
English edit
Verb edit
dobs
- third-person singular simple present indicative of dob
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
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Adjective edit
dobs (definite dobais, comparative dobāks, superlative visdobākais, adverb dobi)
- 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 edit
In general, dobs is more concrete (“hollow cylinder”), while dobjš is more abstract or metaphorical (“hollow voice”).
Declension edit
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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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 edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “dobjš”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN