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dobi

Albanian

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Etymology

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Back formation of Old Gheg verb dobit ("to win, to succeed, to defeat"), borrowed from Serbo-Croatian dobiti ("to win, to take; to catch").[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɔˈbi/
  • Rhymes: -bi
  • Hyphenation: do‧bí

Noun

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dobi f (plural dobi, definite dobia, definite plural dobitë)

  1. benefit, profit, usefulness, advantage, utility
    Synonyms: fryt, përfitim, avantazh
  2. (obsolete, Gheg) victory

Declension

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Declension of dobi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dobi dobia dobi dobitë
accusative dobinë
dative dobie dobisë dobive dobive
ablative dobish

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "dobit", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 127-128
  2. ^ https://fjale.al/dobi - Kuptimi i fjalës "dobi"
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dobis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 69

Further reading

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  • “dobi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “dobi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “dobí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 78

Latvian

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Adjective

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dobi

  1. nominative plural masculine of dobs

Adverb

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dobi

  1. hollow, hollowly; adverbial form of dobs

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi धोबी (dhobī).

Noun

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dobi (plural dobi-dobi, informal 1st possessive dobiku, 2nd possessive dobimu, 3rd possessive dobinya)

  1. laundryman
    Synonyms: tukang dobi, benatu, penatu, (classical) benara
  2. (colloquial) laundromat

Adjective

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dobi

  1. of laundering

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Serbo-Croatian

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Verb

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dobi (Cyrillic spelling доби)

  1. second/third-person singular aorist past of dobiti

Slovene

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Noun

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dóbi

  1. nominative/instrumental plural of dọ̑b

Noun

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dôbi

  1. inflection of dóba:
    1. dative/locative singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi धोबी (dhobī).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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dobi (ma class, plural madobi)

  1. laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman

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