dobar

Galician

Alternative forms

• debaer, debandar, dobanar

Etymology

From an older debaar (13th century), from Vulgar Latin *dēpānāre (“to unravel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈβaɾ/

Verb

dobar (first-person singular present dobo, first-person singular preterite dobei, past participle dobado)

1. (transitive) to wind, coil, reel; to skein
   • 1281, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia, História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno), Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra edition, page 133:

     Mando o fiado daſ eſtopaſ que teño debaado a Maria Suarez τ a Tereyga τ Maria Martinz.

     I give the tow yarn I have coiled to María Suarez and to Tereixa and María Martís

2. (transitive) to unravel
3. (transitive) to clean and unravel intestines

Conjugation

Conjugation of dobar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	dobar
personal	dobar	dobares	dobar	dobarmos	dobardes	dobaren
Gerund
	dobando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	dobado			dobados
feminine	dobada			dobadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	dobo	dobas	doba	dobamos	dobades	doban
imperfect	dobaba	dobabas	dobaba	dobabamos	dobabades	dobaban
preterite	dobei	dobaches	dobou	dobamos	dobastes	dobaron
pluperfect	dobara	dobaras	dobara	dobaramos	dobarades	dobaran
future	dobarei	dobarás	dobará	dobaremos	dobaredes	dobarán
conditional	dobaría	dobarías	dobaría	dobariamos	dobariades	dobarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	dobe	dobes	dobe	dobemos	dobedes	doben
preterite	dobase	dobases	dobase	dobásemos	dobásedes	dobasen
future	dobar	dobares	dobar	dobarmos	dobardes	dobaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	doba	dobe	dobemos	dobade	doben
negative	–	dobes	dobe	dobemos	dobedes	doben

Related terms

• debadoira

References

• “debaa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “dobar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “dobar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “dobar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “debandar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• dober (Kajkavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dôbar/
• Hyphenation: do‧bar

Adjective

dȍbar (definite dȍbrī, comparative bȍljī, Cyrillic spelling до̏бар)

1. good
2. well-behaved
3. kind, thoughtful
4. adequate, proper

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dobar	dobra	dobro
genitive		dobra	dobre	dobra
dative		dobru	dobroj	dobru
accusative	inanimate animate	dobar dobra	dobru	dobro
vocative		dobar	dobra	dobro
locative		dobru	dobroj	dobru
instrumental		dobrim	dobrom	dobrim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dobri	dobre	dobra
genitive		dobrih	dobrih	dobrih
dative		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)
accusative		dobre	dobre	dobra
vocative		dobri	dobre	dobra
locative		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)
instrumental		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dobri	dobra	dobro
genitive		dobrog(a)	dobre	dobrog(a)
dative		dobrom(u/e)	dobroj	dobrom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	dobri dobrog(a)	dobru	dobro
vocative		dobri	dobra	dobro
locative		dobrom(e/u)	dobroj	dobrom(e/u)
instrumental		dobrim	dobrom	dobrim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		dobri	dobre	dobra
genitive		dobrih	dobrih	dobrih
dative		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)
accusative		dobre	dobre	dobra
vocative		dobri	dobre	dobra
locative		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)
instrumental		dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)	dobrim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bolji	bolja	bolje
genitive		boljeg(a)	bolje	boljeg(a)
dative		boljem(u)	boljoj	boljem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	bolji boljeg(a)	bolju	bolje
vocative		bolji	bolja	bolje
locative		boljem(u)	boljoj	boljem(u)
instrumental		boljim	boljom	boljim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		bolji	bolje	bolja
genitive		boljih	boljih	boljih
dative		boljim(a)	boljim(a)	boljim(a)
accusative		bolje	bolje	bolja
vocative		bolji	bolje	bolja
locative		boljim(a)	boljim(a)	boljim(a)
instrumental		boljim(a)	boljim(a)	boljim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najbolji	najbolja	najbolje
genitive		najboljeg(a)	najbolje	najboljeg(a)
dative		najboljem(u)	najboljoj	najboljem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najbolji najboljeg(a)	najbolju	najbolje
vocative		najbolji	najbolja	najbolje
locative		najboljem(u)	najboljoj	najboljem(u)
instrumental		najboljim	najboljom	najboljim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najbolji	najbolje	najbolja
genitive		najboljih	najboljih	najboljih
dative		najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)
accusative		najbolje	najbolje	najbolja
vocative		najbolji	najbolje	najbolja
locative		najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)
instrumental		najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)	najboljim(a)

Antonyms

• loš

Derived terms

• dobròta