kob

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word kob. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word kob, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say kob in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word kob you have here. The definition of the word kob will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofkob, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: köb, køb, kɔb, KOB, and ков

English

A Ugandan kob (Kobus kob subsp. thomasi)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

kob (plural kobs or kob)

  1. An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
  2. Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.

Translations

References

antelope
fish

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *kobь through a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian kob (“fate, destiny, omen”) and Bulgarian коба (koba).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kob m (plural kobe, definite kobi, definite plural kobet)

  1. misfortune, scourge
  2. death
  3. deception, treachery

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kob”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 187

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German kobe, from Proto-Germanic *kubô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kɔp/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /kɔp/

Noun

kob m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) pigpen
    Synonyms: chlew, pielasz, świniec
    • 1908 [c. 1500], Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490‎, Lubiń, page 30:
      Ara oltharz vel kob, vel barlogo, vel swynye korytho
      [Ara ołtarz vel kob, vel barłogo, vel świnie koryto]

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kobь, from Proto-Indo-European *kob-.

Compare (obsolete) Russian кобь (kobʹ), Old Norse happ (“good luck”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kȏb f (Cyrillic spelling ко̑б)

  1. fate
  2. destiny
  3. omen

Declension

Declension of kob
singular plural
nominative kȏb kȏbi
genitive kobi kóbī
dative kobi kobima
accusative kob kobi
vocative kobi kobi
locative kobi kobima
instrumental kȏblju kobima

References

  • “kob”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia