dobi

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Albanian

Etymology

Back formation of Old Gheg verb dobit ("to win, to succeed, to defeat"), borrowed from Serbo-Croatian dobiti ("to win, to take; to catch").[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔˈbi/
  • Rhymes: -bi
  • Hyphenation: do‧bí

Noun

dobi f (plural dobi, definite dobia, definite plural dobitë)

  1. benefit, profit, usefulness, advantage, utility
    Synonyms: fryt, përfitim, avantazh
  2. (obsolete, Gheg) victory

Declension

Declension of dobi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dobi dobia dobi dobitë
accusative dobinë
dative dobie dobisë dobive dobive
ablative dobish

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "dobit", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 127-128
  2. ^ https://fjale.al/dobi - Kuptimi i fjalës "dobi"
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dobis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 69

Further reading

  • “dobi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “dobi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “dobí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 78

Latvian

Adjective

dobi

  1. nominative plural masculine of dobs

Adverb

dobi

  1. hollow, hollowly; adverbial form of dobs

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धोबी (dhobī).

Noun

dobi (plural dobi-dobi, informal 1st possessive dobiku, 2nd possessive dobimu, 3rd possessive dobinya)

  1. laundryman
    Synonyms: tukang dobi, benatu, penatu, (classical) benara
  2. (colloquial) laundromat

Adjective

dobi

  1. of laundering

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Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dobi (Cyrillic spelling доби)

  1. second/third-person singular aorist past of dobiti

Slovene

Noun

dóbi

  1. nominative/instrumental plural of dọ̑b

Noun

dôbi

  1. inflection of dóba:
    1. dative/locative singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धोबी (dhobī).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

dobi (ma class, plural madobi)

  1. laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman

Derived terms

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