ob

• IPA^(key): /ɒb/

From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus.

ob (plural obs)

1. (historical) a halfpenny

Abbreviations.

ob (plural obs)

1. (archaic) an objection
2. (genetics) the obese gene

• (objection): sol

• BO, Bo, bo

From Middle High German obe, ob, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Compare English if.

• IPA^(key): /ɔp/

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ob

1. (subordinating) if, whether

   ob ... oder ― if ... or

From Middle High German obe, from Old High German oba. Related with über, oben. A chiefly southern word, pronounced with a short vowel in Alemannic areas and with a long vowel in Austro-Bavarian areas. In the north, the short vowel is from etymology 1, perhaps also reinforced by association with regional forms of auf (Central Franconian op, Low German up, op). The long vowel is standard in Obacht, beobachten.

• IPA^(key): /ɔp/ (German standard; Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /oːp/ (Austria; Bavaria)

ob

1. (formal, literary, + dative or genitive) on account of
2. (archaic or dialectal, + dative) over, above, on

• (on account of): angesichts
• (over, above): über

• (over, above): unter; (obsolete) nied, nid

• ob-
• obderennsisch
• Rothenburg ob der Tauber

• ob in Duden online
• ob in Duden online
• “ob” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “ob” in canoo.net

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí), Sanskrit अपि (ápi), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬞𐬌‎ (aipi), Old Persian [script needed] (apiy), and Old Armenian եւ (ew). Also related to English by.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ob/, [ɔb]

ob (+ accusative)

1. in the direction of, to, towards
2. on account of, according to, because of, due to, for (the purpose of)
3. against; facing

• The preposition ob is used as a combining prefix with many other words, particularly verbs. In compounds, the b is often assimilated into the next consonant, as in oppose.

• English: ob-

• ob in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ob in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ob in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
    

From Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), from Proto-Indo-European *e-, *ē- (“then, at that time”). Cognate with English if, West Frisian oft (“whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef (“if, whether”), German ob (“if, whether”), Icelandic ef, if (“if”).

• IPA^(key): /op/

ob

1. if, whether

   Weess du, ob d'Apdikt muer op ass?

   Do you know if the pharmacy is open tomorrow?

ob

1. initial interrogative particle

ob

1. (subordinating) whether or not, if

ob f

1. Alternative form of aub

• IPA^(key): /ob/

ob

1. I (first-person singular, nominative)

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔu̯i (“two”). Cognate with Iu Mien i.

• IPA^(key): /ʔɒ˥/

ob

1. two

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)