Обь

See also: объ and Appendix:Variations of "ob"

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Обь (Obʹ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Обь • (Obʹ)

  1. Ob (a major river in western Siberia, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Обь (proper о-harmonic regular borr)
attributive Обь
Obʹ
singular / indefinite
nominative Обь
Obʹ
genitive Обийн
Obiin
accusative Обийг
Obiig
dative-locative Обьд
Obʹd
ablative Обиос
Obios
instrumental Обиор
Obior
comitative Обьтой
Obʹtoj
privative Обьгүй
Obʹgüj
directive Обь руу
Obʹ ruu
Reflexive possessive forms 
singular / indefinite
nominative Обио
Obio
genitive Обийнхоо
Obiinxoo
accusative Обийгоо
Obiigoo
dative-locative Обьдоо
Obʹdoo
ablative Обиосоо
Obiosoo
instrumental Обиороо
Obioroo
comitative Обьтойгоо
Obʹtojgoo
privative Обьгүйгээ
Obʹgüjgee
directive Обь руугаа
Obʹ ruugaa
independent
genitive
singular / indefinite
singular
possession
Обийнх
Obiinx
collective
possession
Обийнхон
Obiinxon

Russian

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [opʲ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Обь • (Obʹf inan (genitive Оби́, relational adjective о́бский)

  1. Ob (a major river in western Siberia, Russia)
    • 1989, Yanka Dyagileva, “Нюркина песня”:
      Кто под фо́рточкой сиди́т - отгоня́й, но́чью хо́лод разогна́лся с Оби́
      Kto pod fórtočkoj sidít - otgonjáj, nóčʹju xólod razognálsja s Obí
      You must drive away anybody who is sitting near the fortochka, (because) the cold is driving from Ob this night
  2. Ob (Russian icebreaker)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: Օբ (Ōb)
  • Kazakh: Обь (Ob)
  • Mongolian: Обь (Obʹ)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Обь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔbʲ]
  • Hyphenation: Обь

Proper noun

Обь • (Obʹf inan (genitive О́бі, uncountable)

  1. 1928–1933 spelling of Об (Ob, Ob), which was deprecated in the orthography reform of 1933

Declension

Declension of Обь
(inan sg-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative Обь
Obʹ
genitive О́бі
Óbi
dative О́бі
Óbi
accusative Обь
Obʹ
instrumental О́б'ю
Óbʺju
locative О́бі
Óbi
vocative О́бе
Óbe

Further reading

  • A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “Обь”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries