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Meaning of ob- | Babel Free

Phrase
ob

Definitions

  1. around, enclosing, surrounding
  2. around, throughout, wholly
  3. on the surface or top of something
  4. forms perfective verbs from imperfectives
  5. quite, -ish

Equivalents

العربية إدخال طوال طيلة عملاق فرط
Azərbaycanca ətraf ifrat-
Català excés sobre-
Esperanto ĉirkaŭa
Galego encaixe sobre-
עברית סביבה סופר־
Հայերեն վեր- վերա-
Bahasa Indonesia adi- para- per seputar
한국어 -내 같은 내내 바람 웃- 통- 통구
Latviešu apkārtējs
Nederlands aangrenzend finaal naburig omliggend
Português circundante excesso quite quite sobre- super-

Examples

“jahati → objahati”
“grliti → obgrliti”
“kružiti → okružiti”
“javiti → objaviti”
“uzeti → obuzeti”
“lizati → oblizati”
“grepsti → ogrepsti”
“hrabriti → ohrabriti”
“malen → omalen”

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