different between hobs vs dobs

English

Noun

hobs

1. plural of hob

Anagrams

• BHOs, Bosh, HBOS, bosh

English

Verb

dobs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dob

Anagrams

• BSOD, bods

Latvian

Etymology

From earlier *dobus, from Proto-Baltic *duob-, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb- (“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 *dup(?)lo, *dup(?)lo (“hole, hollow”) (Russian, Ukrainian ?????? (dupló), Belarusian ????? (dupljó), Bulgarian ?????? (dúplo), Polish dziup?o (“cavity, pit”), Gothic ???????????????????? (diups, “deep”) (< *deupa), German tief, English deep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duôbs]

Adjective

dobs (definite dobais, comparative dob?ks, superlative visdob?kais, adverb dobi)

1. hollow (empty inside)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (of sounds): dobjš, truls

Derived terms

• dobums

References