об-

Russian

Prefix

об- • (ob-)

1. Alternative form of о- (o-) (before certain letters)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• о- (usually before plosives, sometimes also other consonants)
• оп- (before unvoiced consonants)
• оба- (in a few words)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ob, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi. See о.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob/

Prefix

об- (Latin spelling ob-)

1. around, enclosing, surrounding

   јахати → објахати

   грлити → обгрлити

   кружити → окружити

2. around, throughout, wholly

   јавити → објавити

   узети → обузети

   лизати → облизати

3. on the surface or top of something

   грепсти → огрепсти

4. forms perfective verbs from imperfectives

   храбрити → охрабрити

5. quite, -ish

   мален → омален

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with об-