òb

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• tòb

Etymology

From Old Norse hópr

Noun

òb m (genitive singular òba, plural òban)

1. bay, cove

Derived terms

• òban (“little bay”)

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “òb”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN