dobs

dobs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dob

• BSOD, bods

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.

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

1. 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

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

• (of sounds): dobjš, truls

• dobums