soba

See also: Soba, sobá, sobă, sobą, sõba, šoba, and соба

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 蕎麦 (soba).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: sōʹbə, IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊbə/
(General American) enPR: sōʹbə, IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊbə/
(New Zealand) enPR: sōʹbə, IPA^(key): /ˈsɐʉbɘ/
Homophone: sober (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

soba (countable and uncountable, plural sobas)

A Japanese buckwheat noodle.

Translations

Japanese buckwheat noodle

Arabic: سُوبَا‎ f (sūbā), سُوبَا‎ f (sobā)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蕎麥麵, 荞麦面 (kiu⁴ mak⁶ min⁶)
Mandarin: 蕎麥麵條／荞麦面条 (qiáomài miàntiáo), 蕎麥麵／荞麦面 (zh) (qiáomàimiàn)
Finnish: soba (fi)
French: soba (fr) m
German: Soba n
Japanese: 蕎麦 (ja) (そば, soba)
Korean: 소바 (soba)
Persian: سوبا‎ m (soba)
Russian: со́ба (ru) f (sóba)
Spanish: soba (es) m
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Noun

soba (plural sobas)

A traditional community leader in Angola.

Anagrams

ASBO, Abos, Asbo, BAOs, Baos, SOAB, Sabo, abos, asbo, baos, baso-, boas, bosa, obas, sabo

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صوبا‎ (soba), from Hungarian szoba, ultimately from Old High German stuba (“warmed room, oven”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [soˈbɑ]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: so‧ba

Noun

soba (definite accusative sobanı, plural sobalar)

stove

Declension

Declension of soba
	singular	plural
nominative	soba	sobalar
definite accusative	sobanı	sobaları
dative	sobaya	sobalara
locative	sobada	sobalarda
ablative	sobadan	sobalardan
definite genitive	sobanın	sobaların

Possessive forms of soba
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sobam	sobalarım
sənin (“your”)	soban	sobaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	sobası	sobaları
bizim (“our”)	sobamız	sobalarımız
sizin (“your”)	sobanız	sobalarınız
onların (“their”)	sobası or sobaları	sobaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sobamı	sobalarımı
sənin (“your”)	sobanı	sobalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	sobasını	sobalarını
bizim (“our”)	sobamızı	sobalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	sobanızı	sobalarınızı
onların (“their”)	sobasını or sobalarını	sobalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sobama	sobalarıma
sənin (“your”)	sobana	sobalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	sobasına	sobalarına
bizim (“our”)	sobamıza	sobalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	sobanıza	sobalarınıza
onların (“their”)	sobasına or sobalarına	sobalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sobamda	sobalarımda
sənin (“your”)	sobanda	sobalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	sobasında	sobalarında
bizim (“our”)	sobamızda	sobalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	sobanızda	sobalarınızda
onların (“their”)	sobasında or sobalarında	sobalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sobamdan	sobalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	sobandan	sobalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	sobasından	sobalarından
bizim (“our”)	sobamızdan	sobalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	sobanızdan	sobalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	sobasından or sobalarından	sobalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	sobamın	sobalarımın
sənin (“your”)	sobanın	sobalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	sobasının	sobalarının
bizim (“our”)	sobamızın	sobalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	sobanızın	sobalarınızın
onların (“their”)	sobasının or sobalarının	sobalarının

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

issoba (long form)

Etymology

Short form of issoba.

Noun

soba (alienable)

horse

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)


Nouns in nasal consonants m- or n-, or «airflow» consonants f-, h-, l-, lh-, s-, sh-, w-, y-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	a̠soba a̠-soba	po̠soba po̠-soba	hapo̠soba hapo̠-soba
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chi̠soba chi̠-soba	hachi̠soba hachi̠-soba
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̠soba i̠-soba

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 蕎麦 (soba).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsobɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞bɑ]
Rhymes: -obɑ
Syllabification^(key): so‧ba

Noun

soba

soba

Declension

Inflection of soba (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		soba	sobat
genitive		soban	sobien
partitive		sobaa	sobia
illative		sobaan	sobiin
		singular	plural
nominative		soba	sobat
accusative	nom.	soba	sobat
accusative	gen.	soban	sobat
genitive		soban	sobien sobain^rare
partitive		sobaa	sobia
inessive		sobassa	sobissa
elative		sobasta	sobista
illative		sobaan	sobiin
adessive		soballa	sobilla
ablative		sobalta	sobilta
allative		soballe	sobille
essive		sobana	sobina
translative		sobaksi	sobiksi
instructive		—	sobin
abessive		sobatta	sobitta
comitative		—	sobineen

Possessive forms of soba (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sobani	sobamme
2nd person	sobasi	sobanne
3rd person	sobansa

Anagrams

bosa

Galician

Etymology

Back-formation from sobar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsoβɐ]

Noun

soba f (plural sobas)

beating
- 1810, José Fernández y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:
  pegaron me unha soba, que nin a que lle deron a Cristo
  they gave me a beating that not even what they gave Christ [was comparable]
Synonyms: boura, malleira, tunda

Related terms

sobar

References

“soba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“soba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“soba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蕎麦 (そば, soba, “buckwheat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so.ba/
Hyphenation: so‧ba

Noun

soba (first-person possessive sobaku, second-person possessive sobamu, third-person possessive sobanya)

noodle.

Italian

Etymology

From Japanese.

Noun

soba f (invariable)

soba

Anagrams

baso, basò

Japanese

Romanization

soba

Rōmaji transcription of そば

Karelian

Alternative forms

šoba

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sopa.

Noun

soba

dress

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sopa. Cognates include Finnish sopa and Estonian sõba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsobɑ/
Hyphenation: so‧ba
Rhymes: -obɑ

Noun

soba (genitive sovan, partitive sobua)

clothing; dress

Declension

Declension of soba (Type 2/boba, b-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	soba	sovat
genitive	sovan	soviin
partitive	sobua	sobii
illative	sobah	sobiih
inessive	sovas	soviis
elative	sovaspäi	soviispäi
allative	sovale	soviile
adessive	soval	soviil
ablative	sovalpäi	soviilpäi
translative	sovakse	soviikse
essive	sovannu	soviinnu
abessive	sovattah	soviittah
comitative	sovanke	soviinke
instructive		soviin
prolative	sovači

Derived terms

(nouns):

sobu

References

Tatjana Boiko (2019), “soba”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 260

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sopa.

Noun

soba

dress

Oromo

Noun

soba

lie, falsehood

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian szoba, from Old High German stuba (whence also German Stube).

Noun

sȍba f (Cyrillic spelling со̏ба)

room (a division of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling)

Declension

Declension of soba

	singular	plural
nominative	sȍba	sȍbe
genitive	sȍbē	sȏbā
dative	sȍbi	sȍbama
accusative	sȍbu	sȍbe
vocative	sȍbo	sȍbe
locative	sȍbi	sȍbama
instrumental	sȍbōm	sȍbama

Derived terms

sȍbnī

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian szoba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔ̀ːba/

Noun

sóba f

room (a division of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	sôba
gen. sing.	sôbe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sôba	sôbi	sôbe
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sôbe	sôb	sôb
dative (dajȃlnik)	sôbi	sôbama	sôbam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sôbo	sôbi	sôbe
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sôbi	sôbah	sôbah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sôbo	sôbama	sôbami

Spanish

Verb

soba

inflection of sobar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صوبا‎ (soba), from Hungarian szoba, from Old High German stuba (“warmed room, oven”).

Noun

soba (definite accusative sobayı, plural sobalar)

stove

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	soba
Definite accusative	sobayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	soba	sobalar
Definite accusative	sobayı	sobaları
Dative	sobaya	sobalara
Locative	sobada	sobalarda
Ablative	sobadan	sobalardan
Genitive	sobanın	sobaların

Derived terms

sobacı

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sopa.

Noun

soba

garment, piece of clothing

Inflection

Inflection of soba (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	soba
genitive sing.	soban
partitive sing.	sobad
partitive plur.	sobid
	singular	plural
nominative	soba	sobad
accusative	soban	sobad
genitive	soban	sobiden
partitive	sobad	sobid
essive-instructive	soban	sobin
translative	sobaks	sobikš

inessive	sobas	sobiš
elative	sobaspäi	sobišpäi
illative	sobaha	sobihe

adessive	sobal	sobil
ablative	sobalpäi	sobilpäi
allative	sobale	sobile

abessive	sobata	sobita
comitative	sobanke	sobidenke
prolative	sobadme	sobidme

approximative I	sobanno	sobidenno
approximative II	sobannoks	sobidennoks
egressive	sobannopäi	sobidennopäi

terminative I	sobahasai	sobihesai
terminative II	sobalesai	sobilesai
terminative III	sobassai	—

additive I	sobahapäi	sobihepäi
additive II	sobalepäi	sobilepäi

Derived terms

sobanomeraine
sobapar
sobapidim
sobapuzerdim
sobaškap
vihmsoba
ösoba

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “бельё, вещь”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yami

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蕎麦 (soba).

Noun

soba

noodle

soba

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Noun

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

References

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Noun

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Karelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Livvi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Ludian

Etymology

Noun

Oromo

Noun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Spanish

Verb

Turkish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Veps

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms