kob

See also: köb, køb, kɔb, and ков

English
A Ugandan kob, Kobus kob subsp. thomasi.

Alternative forms

Noun

kob (plural kobs or kob)

  1. An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
  2. Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (Dusky Kob or Great Kob), or perhaps the smaller Squaretail Kob.

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *kobь. Compare Serbo-Croatian kob[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔb/

Noun

kob m (indefinite plural kobe, definite singular kobi, definite plural kobet)

  1. misfortune, scourge
  2. death
  3. deception, treachery

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • kobshëm
  • kobzi

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kob”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 187

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kobь, from Proto-Indo-European *kob-.

Compare (obsolete) Russian кобь (kobʹ), Old Norse happ (“good luck”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kôːb/

Noun

kȏb f (Cyrillic spelling ко̑б)

  1. fate
  2. destiny
  3. omen

Declension
Declension of kob
singular plural
nominative kȏb kȏbi
genitive kobi kóbī
dative kobi kobima
accusative kob kobi
vocative kobi kobi
locative kobi kobima
instrumental kȏbi kobima

References
  • “kob” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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