different between abb vs obb

English

Etymology

From Middle English abb, from Old English ?web, ?b, ?web, from away + web (“warp thread”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

1. A type of yarn for the warp.
2. A rough wool from the inferior parts of the fleece, used for the woof or weft. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
3. (Britain) A filling pick used in weaving.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• B.B.A., BBA, bab

Irish

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abbadh, nominative plural abbaí)

1. Obsolete spelling of ab (“abbot”)

Mutation

Livonian

Alternative forms

• a'b (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *api.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b/

Noun

abb

1. help

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ap, abb, from Latin abb?s, from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father”).

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abb, plural abbyn)

1. (Christianity) abbot

Old Irish

Noun

abb m

1. Alternative spelling of ap

Inflection

Mutation

Scots

Pronunciation

• (Orkney) IPA^(key): /ab/, /?b/

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

1. (countable) impediment, hindrance, objection

Verb

abb (third-person singular present abbs, present participle abbin, past abbt, past participle abbt)

1. to hinder

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Alternative forms

• obb.

Noun

obb

1. (music) Abbreviation of obbligato.

Anagrams

• BOB, Bob, bob

Manx

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish opaid, from Old Irish as·boind (“to refuse”).

Verb

obb (verbal noun obbal, present participle gobbal, past participle obbit)

1. deny, disclaim
2. abstain
3. refuse, decline, disavow, turn down
4. negate, denounce
5. forbid
6. (of a horse) jib
7. disown
8. refute, abnegate

Etymology 2

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Noun

obb f (genitive singular obbee)

1. enchantment