different between obb vs oby

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

English

Noun

oby (plural obies)

1. Archaic form of obeah.

Anagrams

• BYO, Y. O. B., Y.O.B., YOB, YoB, boy, byo, yob

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????/, /t?????/, /s?????/

Adjective

oby

1. green, blue

Usage notes

• The stem oby could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. In predicative position, the form toby was used for animate subjects, and soby for inanimate subjects. When modifying nouns, the noun itself would be agglutinated with the adjective (as nouns always precede adjectives in Tupi).

References

• LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.b?/

Particle

oby

1. hopefully, if only, let, may

   Synonyms: bodaj, niech, niechaj

Further reading

• oby in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• oby in Polish dictionaries at PWN