different between oby vs orby

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

English

Etymology

orb +? -y

Adjective

orby (comparative more orby, superlative most orby)

1. (obsolete) having characteristics of an orb

   • When, now arraid The world was with the spring; and orbie houres Had gone the round againe, through herbs and flowers.

Anagrams

• Roby, bryo-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?orb?/
• Hyphenation: or?by

Noun

orby

1. inflection of orba:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Anagrams

• bory
• obry
• roby