obar

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

    Preposition

    obar

    1. above
    • oba (preposition)

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: ober, over, uber

    Polish

    Etymology

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    Pronunciation

    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[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 755
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