obar

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ubar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber.

Preposition

obar

1. above

Related terms

• oba (preposition)

Descendants

• Middle High German: ober, over, uber
  • German: ober-, ober
  • Yiddish: אייבער־ (eyber-), אויבער־ (oyber-)

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.bar]

Noun

obar m inan

1. (Far Masovian) splinter of wood covered in resin used as a torch

Further reading

• Antoni Waga (1860), “obar”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 755