Обь
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See also: объ and Appendix:Variations of "ob"
Mongolian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Обь (Obʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔpʲ/
- Syllabification: Обь (1 syllable)
Proper noun
Обь • (Obʹ)
Declension
Declension of Обь (proper о-harmonic regular borr)
| attributive | Обь Obʹ |
|---|---|
| singular / indefinite | |
| nominative | Обь Obʹ |
| genitive | Обийн Obiin |
| accusative | Обийг Obiig |
| dative-locative | Обьд Obʹd |
| ablative | Обиос Obios |
| instrumental | Обиор Obior |
| comitative | Обьтой Obʹtoj |
| privative | Обьгүй Obʹgüj |
| directive | Обь руу Obʹ ruu |
Reflexive possessive forms
| independent genitive |
singular / indefinite |
|---|---|
| singular possession |
Обийнх Obiinx |
| collective possession |
Обийнхон Obiinxon |
Russian
Etymology
The origin is unknown.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Обь • (Obʹ) f inan (genitive Оби́, relational adjective о́бский)
- Ob (a major river in western Siberia, Russia)
- 1989, Yanka Dyagileva (lyrics and music), “Нюркина песня”:
- Кто под фо́рточкой сиди́т - отгоня́й, но́чью хо́лод разогна́лся с Оби́
- Kto pod fórtočkoj sidít - otgonjáj, nóčʹju xólod razognálsja s Obí
- You must drive away anybody who is sitting near the fortochka, (because) the cold is driving from Ob this night
- Ob (Russian icebreaker)
Declension
Declension of Обь (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-fʺ)
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Обь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Обь • (Obʹ) f inan (genitive О́бі, uncountable)
- 1928–1933 spelling of Об (Ob, “Ob”), which was deprecated in the orthography reform of 1933
Declension
Declension of Обь (inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “Обь”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries