ob-

See also: ob, ob., Ob, OB, ÖB, and Ob.

English

Etymology 1

From Latin ob.

Prefix

ob-

  1. (non-productive) Against; facing; a combining prefix found in verbs of Latin origin.
  2. (botany) Of a reversed shape.

Etymology 2

Clipping of obligatory.

Prefix

ob-

  1. (Internet, informal) Obligatory; prepended to the name of a topic being mentioned to avoid accusations of being off-topic.
    • 1998, "Haydn Black", lesbian goths (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.gothic)
      ObGoth: Uh, well, it's like this you see, <searches in random file o' obgoth things> anyone out there got the new CoX album on Tess? If so which album is it *most* like?
    • 1998, "Peter Thomas", FAQ: more info request (discussion on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.sinclair)
      Aren't Newcastle's chairman Sunderland supporters? (From the way they acted?) Erm...obspeccy? Tynesoft, eh? What happened to them?
    • 2000, "Dan Glover", Introduction to Linux article for commentary (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.linux)
      ObLinux: SAP were giving away a free development environment for use with RedHat v6.1 recently, a distinctly non-free complete system has been available for a while. This offers another example of a commercial application where the vendors now have sufficient confidence in Linux to release a port (even if it is distribution-specific).

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_ob-'>English words prefixed with ob-</a>

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ob, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See o.

Prefix

ob-

  1. A prefix with various functions, e.g. expressing:
    omission (obden = ob + den (day) = every other day)
    surrounding (objet = ob + jet (drive) = to drive around)

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Czech_words_prefixed_with_ob-'>Czech words prefixed with ob-</a>

See also

German

Etymology

From Latin ob-.

Prefix

ob-

  1. ob-

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_prefixed_with_ob-'>German words prefixed with ob-</a>

Latin

Etymology

From ob (“towards; against”).

Prefix

ob-

  1. towards; against

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_prefixed_with_ob-'>Latin words prefixed with ob-</a>

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • o- (usually before plosives, sometimes also other consonants)
  • op- (before unvoiced consonants)
  • oba- (in a few words)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ob, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ob/

Prefix

ob- (Cyrillic spelling об-)

  1. around, enclosing, surrounding
    jahati → objahati
    grliti → obgrliti
    kružiti → okružiti
  2. around, throughout, wholly
    javiti → objaviti
    uzeti → obuzeti
    lizati → oblizati
  3. on the surface or top of something
    grepsti → ogrepsti
  4. forms perfective verbs from imperfectives
    hrabriti → ohrabriti
  5. quite, -ish
    malen → omalen

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Serbo-Croatian_words_prefixed_with_ob-'>Serbo-Croatian words prefixed with ob-</a>
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