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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ob-
- (non-productive) Against; facing; a combining prefix found in verbs of Latin origin.
- (botany) Of a reversed shape.
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Clipping of obligatory.
Prefix
[edit]ob-
- (Internet, informal, humorous) Obligatory; prepended to the name of a topic being mentioned to avoid accusations of being off-topic.
- 1998, Haydn Black, “lesbian goths”, in alt.gothic (Usenet):
- ObGoth: Uh, well, it's like this you see, <searches in random file o' obgoth things> anyone out there got the new CoX album on Tess? If so which album is it *most* like?
- 1998, Peter Thomas, “FAQ: more info request”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):
- Aren't Newcastle's chairman Sunderland supporters? (From the way they acted?) Erm...obspeccy? Tynesoft, eh? What happened to them?
- 2000, Dan Glover, “Introduction to Linux article for commentary”, in alt.linux (Usenet):
- ObLinux: SAP were giving away a free development environment for use with RedHat v6.1 recently, a distinctly non-free complete system has been available for a while. This offers another example of a commercial application where the vendors now have sufficient confidence in Linux to release a port (even if it is distribution-specific).
Derived terms
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ob, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See o.
Prefix
[edit]ob-
- a prefix with various functions, e.g. expressing:
- omission (obden = ob den (day) = every other day)
- surrounding (objet = ob jet (drive) = to drive around)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- o-/ob(e)- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From ob (“over, above”).
Prefix
[edit]ob-
Etymology 2
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ob-
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Prefixation of preposition ob (“towards; against”).
Prefix
[edit]ob-
Usage notes
[edit]In compounds, the b is often assimilated into the next consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Old Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b)-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ob-
- prefix added to verbs to mean surrounding, around
- prefix added to verbs with various meanings
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish ob-. Doublet of o-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ob-
- prefix added to verbs to mean surrounding, around
- prefix added to verbs meaning entirely
- ob- jeść (“to eat”) → objeść się (“to eat and be overstuffed”)
Because the prefix ends with the consonant sometimes the first letter of the verb was dropped.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- o- (usually before plosives, sometimes also other consonants)
- op- (before unvoiced consonants)
- oba- (in a few words)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ob, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See o.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]ob- (Cyrillic spelling об-)
- around, enclosing, surrounding
- around, throughout, wholly
- on the surface or top of something
- forms perfective verbs from imperfectives
- quite, -ish
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- en:Botany
- English clippings
- en:Internet
- English informal terms
- English humorous terms
- English terms with quotations
- English unproductive prefixes
- English Usenet slang
- Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Czech lemmas
- Czech prefixes
- German lemmas
- German prefixes
- German terms derived from Latin
- Latin lemmas
- Latin prefixes
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Polish lemmas
- Old Polish prefixes
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms inherited from Old Polish
- Polish terms derived from Old Polish
- Polish doublets
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔp
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔp/1 syllable
- Polish lemmas
- Polish prefixes
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian prefixes