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dobs

Pronunciation: [ˈduɔ̂ps]

“dobs” is a Latvian word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. hollow (empty inside)

Etymology

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 dôbjš, with different semantic nuances (compare also, e.g., plats and plašs, or ass and ašs). Cognates include Lithuanian dubùs…

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