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Case specifying the use of the object form of pronouns
grammar, an oblique (abbreviated obl; from Latin: casus obliquus) or objective case (abbr. obj) is a nominal case other than the nominative case and, sometimes
Oblique_case
Categorization of nouns and modifiers by function
the oblique case doubles as the vocative case. The pronoun cases in Hindi-Urdu are the nominative, ergative, accusative, dative, and two oblique cases. The
Grammatical_case
Topics referred to by the same term
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Oblique
Grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to which something is given
dative of pronouns merged into a single oblique case that was also used with all prepositions. This conflation of case in Middle and Modern English has led
Dative_case
Grammatical case
the oblique or "bent" cases. The reference form (more technically, the least marked) of certain parts of speech is normally in the nominative case, but
Nominative_case
Anaphoric pronoun
done by the pronoun sam (inflecting for case, gender and number): Usually inflected się is added in obliques: Słucham siebie samej (fem.) "I listen to
Reflexive_pronoun
Words in Hindi that substitute for a noun or noun phrase
nominative and the oblique (this is used to make the accusative and the dative). The oblique and ergative case is used with the case marking postpositions
Pronouns_in_Hindi
Grammatical case
is more often called the "first oblique" than the prepositional. In many other languages, the term "prepositional case" is inappropriate, since the forms
Adpositional_case
Grammatical case
the same time. The direct case contrasts with other cases in the language, typically oblique or genitive. The direct case is often imprecisely called
Direct_case
Masculine third-person, singular personal pronoun in English
(subjective) form him: the accusative (objective) form (also called the oblique case) his: the dependent and independent genitive (possessive) forms himself:
He_(pronoun)
Set of cards intended to promote creativity
Oblique Strategies (subtitled Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas) is a card-based method for promoting creativity jointly created by musician/artist
Oblique_Strategies
Non-standard Latin spoken in ancient Rome
plural oblique, and the plural nominative with the singular oblique, this case system ultimately collapsed as well, and Middle French adopted one case (usually
Vulgar_Latin
Grammar of the Pashto language
are inflected for gender (masc./fem.), number (sing./plur.), and case (direct, oblique, ablative and vocative). The verb system is very intricate with
Pashto_grammar
Southwestern Iranian language
the oblique cases, respectively. For an even more archaic stage, some have claimed that the singular of regular nominals had its own oblique case form
Middle_Persian
Southern Nuristani language
subject is in the direct case. The direct object is also in the direct case if it is indefinite, but it is in the oblique case if it is definite. (These
Nuristani_Kalasha_language
Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani people
as erosion of the original nominal case system towards a nominative/oblique dichotomy, with new grammaticalized case suffixes added on. This means that
Romani_language
Grammar of standard Tibetian
presents to the boys and girls" The oblique suffix fulfills the functions of both the dative and locative cases. The dative case marks the indirect object of
Modern_Lhasa_Tibetan_grammar
Declensions in Hindi and Urdu
noun cases (nominative, oblique, and vocative) and five pronoun cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, and oblique). The oblique case in pronouns
Hindustani_declension
Grammatical features of the Hindustani lingua franca
and non-count), two numbers (singular and plural), and three cases (nominative, oblique, and vocative). Nouns may be further divided into three classes
Hindustani_grammar
Non-finite verb form in Ancient Greek
governs the same oblique case (its object) as the verb to which it belongs, and it may have a subject of its own, in accusative case (See the section
Infinitive_(Ancient_Greek)
Salishan language
appear with an oblique case marker. If the possessor is a common noun, it will be introduced by a determiner, but without an oblique case marker. If, however
Halkomelem
Tupian language of northwestern Brazil
on?’ The final case-marker in Tuparí is -ere/ -re, which is used to mark oblique (OBL) case. Oblique case different from Locative case in that it marks
Tupari_language
Australian Aboriginal language
clause. The evitative ending, which appears as -nymerra in objective (oblique) case, marks a verb whose event or process is undesirable or to be avoided
Lardil_language
Medical condition
Superior oblique myokymia (SOM) is a neurological disorder affecting vision and was named by Hoyt and Keane in 1970. It is a condition that presents as
Superior_oblique_myokymia
Archaic second-person pronoun in English
disappeared by c. 1600 in regular speech, being replaced by the original oblique case form you. In Old English, the use of second-person pronouns was governed
Ye_(pronoun)
list of grammatical cases as they are used by various inflectional languages that have declension. This list will mark the case, when it is used, an
List_of_grammatical_cases
(undefined). Definite: The noun takes a specific case marker, usually -р (absolutive) or -м (ergative/oblique). Used when the referent is specific or known
Nouns_in_Circassian
Text from the "Dies irae" often used in music
the Latin ∙s of the nominative case, Jesu∙s, and to use the nominative form also for the objective and oblique cases, just as we do in Charle∙s, Jame∙s
Pie_Jesu
Theory in linguistic typology
also has a genitive and vocative case. In Punjabi, the accusative, genitive, and dative have merged to an oblique case, but the language still retains
Case_hierarchy
Lahnda dialect group spoken in Pakistan
numbers in their oblique form function the same throughout Punjabi dialects. Pahari-Pothwari has unique forms for nouns in oblique cases. This is not observed
Pahari-Pothwari
Name list
Gislenus. Etymologically, the name is usually said to derive from the oblique case of a Proto-West Germanic root: *gīsl “hostage, pledge” (see Wiktionary:Ghislain)
Ghislain
Personal pronoun to denote the interlocutor
forms: you: the nominative (subjective) and accusative (objective or oblique case) forms your: the dependent genitive (possessive) form yours: the independent
You
Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Turkey
in the oblique case and its origin is the old stem expansion in /*-(a)r/ of relationship terms. Zaza /-(e)r/ actually denoting the oblique case of relationship
Zaza_language
Third-person plural or gender-neutral pronoun
the th- form has been adopted in London for the subject case only, whereas the oblique cases remain in their native form (hem, here < OE heom, heora)
They
Colorado River Numic dialect used in the US
devoiced in the nominative case and voiced in the oblique case. For example, "woman" in the nominative is mama-chi̱ and in the oblique is mama-chi. In some
Ute_dialect
Framework for the description of the structure of a language
chairs") The object of a preposition takes an oblique case (me in "Amanda borrowed money from me"; see Oblique case). A conjunction joins parts of sentences
Traditional_grammar
Gallo-Romance dialect continuum
maintained a two-case system, with a nominative case and an oblique case, for longer than some other Romance languages as Spanish and Italian did. Case distinctions
Old_French
Northwestern Iranian language
ancient foundations of classes and verb, tati preserved case (two case: direct, or subjective, and oblique). It has a grammatical gender feature in many dialects
Tati_language_(Iran)
genitive case after prepositions, while her also includes the genitive case. This conflated form is called the oblique case or the object (objective) case, because
History_of_English
Inuit language spoken in Greenland
grammatical core cases, ergative and absolutive, are used to express grammatical and syntactical roles of participant noun phrases. The oblique cases express information
Greenlandic_language
Grammatical relationship between arguments
A may be marked with an ergative case (or sometimes an oblique case used also for the genitive or instrumental case roles) while the S argument of an
Morphosyntactic_alignment
Feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages
the oblique case and add the genitive case-marker kā (का کا) while the nouns just take in the oblique case form and optionally add the genitive case-marker
Degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs
Degrees_of_comparison_of_adjectives_and_adverbs
Personal pronoun that is used typically as a grammatical object
Object pronouns in English take the objective case, sometimes called the oblique case or object case. For example, the English object pronoun me is found
Object_pronoun
Extinct Semitic language of Mesopotamia
adjective dannum (strong) will serve to illustrate the case system of Akkadian. The oblique case includes the accusative and genitive. As is clear from
Akkadian_language
Ometo dialect continuum spoken in Ethiopia
nouns, plural is marked by means of a suffix -t, affixed to the oblique case form. The oblique is also the base for the suffixation of definiteness marking
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro_language
Type of grammatical voice
that either does not include the object or includes the object in an oblique case. This construction is similar to the passive voice, in that it decreases
Antipassive_voice
Comparison of Scandinavian languages
(way), løj (lied /past tense/) versus Norwegian Bokmål vei, løy. In the oblique case forms of the 1st and 2nd person pronouns and of reflexive pronouns, the
Comparison of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish
Comparison_of_Danish,_Norwegian_and_Swedish
Eastern Iranian language of Ossetia, in the Caucasus
in the nominative case and the stem used in the other (oblique) cases; the oblique stem without other endings is the genitive case form. The 1st and 2nd
Ossetian_language
Indo-Aryan language native to Sindh
noun in the oblique case. The subject of the verb takes the bare oblique case, while the object may be in nominative case or in oblique case and followed
Sindhi_language
Grammar of the Tamil language
suffix, or the oblique stem with the case suffix. An optional euphonic increment -iṉ or -aṉ can occur before the case suffix. The nominative case is used for
Tamil_grammar
Grammar of the English language
personal pronouns have five forms: the nominative and oblique case forms, the possessive case, which has both a determiner form (such as my, our) and
English_grammar
Inflection in the Russian language
before a 3rd-person pronoun in oblique cases, н- is prefixed: у него (read: у нево), с неё, etc. Because the prepositional case always occurs after a preposition
Russian_declension
Name list
nominative case in Old French, but is not retained by modern pronunciation (such as in English: Charles, Giles, James, etc.). The old oblique case Hugon (Huon
Hugues
Part of a word responsible for its lexical meaning
of some nouns uses a different stem in the oblique cases than in the nominative and vocative singular cases. Such words belong to, respectively, the so-called
Word_stem
Grammar of the Tagalog language
by case endings but by a three-way article system (ang, ng, sa) placed directly before the noun clause, distinguishing topic, non-topic, and oblique arguments
Tagalog_grammar
Grammatical term
are prepositions that govern each of the three oblique cases: accusative, dative, and genitive. Case-marking in German is largely observed on elements
Case_government
Extinct Indo-European languages in Asia
accusative is known as the oblique case. In addition to these primary cases, however, each Tocharian language has six cases formed by the addition of an
Tocharian_languages
Northeast Caucasian language
unmarked absolutive case; the agent of the transitive sentence is in the ergative case. According to Ramazan Rajabov, the oblique stem of 42% of the nouns
Tsez_language
Blue color
which, adopted to Latin as indicum (a second declension noun) or indico (oblique case) and via Portuguese, gave rise to the modern word indigo. In early Europe
Indigo
Variety of Kurdish spoken in Iran and Iraq
Unlike standard Sorani but similar to Kurmanji, Hewlêrî Kurdish employs oblique case and utilizes different personal pronouns. Another feature of the dialect
Central_Kurdish
Dialect of Low German
only two cases, nominative and oblique. The historical dative and accusative have merged, even though some writers try to maintain a three cases distinction
Plautdietsch
Hindi dialect spoken in Mumbai
linguistics, Volume 3, Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Kerala., 1974, ... In the case of Bombay Hindi, the predominant substratum structure is that of Marathi
Bombay_Hindi
Grammatical case for noun addressed
masculine nouns that do not end in आ /aː/ ā. The vocative case has many similarities with the oblique case in Hindustani. In Sanskrit, the vocative (सम्बोधन विभक्ति
Vocative_case
Phrase
for two pronouns joined by and in circumstances where the accusative/oblique case would be used for a single pronoun, typically following a preposition
Between_you_and_I
Indo-Aryan language
necessitates the noun or verb taking the oblique case, and it is with them that the locus of grammatical function or "case-marking" then lies. The Punjabi verbal
Punjabi_language
Pamir language of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China
an oblique case in its system of pronouns. Rushani is noted for a typologically unusual 'double-oblique' construction, also called a 'transitive case',
Shughni_language
Form of slanted type
Oblique type is a form of type that slants slightly to the right, used for the same purposes as italic type. Unlike italic type, however, it does not
Oblique_type
Limit of the tangent line at a point that tends to infinity
the first case the line y = mx + n is an oblique asymptote of ƒ(x) when x tends to +∞, and in the second case the line y = mx + n is an oblique asymptote
Asymptote
Topics referred to by the same term
organization Zoersel-Oostmalle Airfield, Belgium (IATA code) Oblique case, a grammatical case Obligate wetland plant, a wetland indicator status Österreichisches
OBL
Poem from the Poetic Edda
a farm where he called himself Ríg. The name Rígr appears to be the oblique case of Old Irish rí, ríg "king", cognate to Latin rex, Sanskrit rajan. and
Rígsþula
Slanting line punctuation mark (/)
generally known in English as the "oblique". but particularly the less vertical fraction slash. The variant "oblique stroke" was increasingly shortened
Slash_(punctuation)
Class of words
Another wide group of adverbs are formed by gluing a preposition to an oblique case form. In Ukrainian, for example, (до onto) + (долу bottom) → (додолу
Adverb
Iranian language spoken in the Vafs village
gender (masculine, feminine), number (singular, plural) and case (direct, oblique). The oblique case marks the possessor (preceding the head noun), the definite
Vafsi_dialect
First-person singular personal pronoun
Authorities use different terms for the inflectional (case) forms of the personal pronouns, such as the oblique-case form me, which is used as a direct object, indirect
I_(pronoun)
Composer and performer of lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages
Gallo-Romance *tropātor → Occitan trobaire (subject case) and *tropātōre → Occitan trobador (oblique case). There is an alternative theory to explain the
Troubadour
Uppercase or lowercase
such as italic type or oblique type, boldface, and choice of serif vs. sans-serif. In mathematical notation lower-case and upper-case letters have generally
Letter_case
Sound change of vowels in Russian phonology
('unfortunately') and to oblique cases of ло́шадь [ˈloʂətʲ] ('horse'), such as лошаде́й [lə.ʂɨˈdʲej]. /ɨ/ replaces /a/ after /t͡s/ in the oblique cases of some numerals:
Vowel_reduction_in_Russian
Writing system used for the Pashto language
adjectives it indicates that the word is masculine in the singular oblique case, plural direct case. It also used in the non-declining adjective class. There are
Pashto_alphabet
the oblique case (which is marked as -м). In a sentence with a bivalent transitive verb, the noun in the subject's position is in the ergative case (marked
Circassian_verb_transitivity
Ethnic group
the neutralization of gender marking in the plural, and the use of the oblique case as an accusative. This has prompted much discussion about the relationship
Romani_people
North Germanic language
have subjects in an oblique case (i.e. other than the nominative). Nouns, adjectives and pronouns are declined in the four cases and for number in the
Icelandic_language
Dravidian language
tense, and voice. Person and number are indicated by suffixing the oblique case of the relevant pronoun. The suffixes to indicate tenses and voice are
Tamil_language
Reconstructed proto-language
A lost the vocative case); in Proto-Tocharian the old accusative is known as the oblique case. In addition to these primary cases, however, each Tocharian
Proto-Tocharian_language
Maipurean language of Brazil
Extralocality =wya and restrictivity =mia 'just, only' Oblique case =ne 'comitative-instrumental' Oblique case -se 'locative' Contrastive =se Coordinative =misini
Tariana_language
Inflection of words according to number, gender, and/or case
and objective (oblique) cases, some pronouns do; that is, they decline to reflect their relationship to a verb or preposition, or case. Consider the difference
Declension
English language, gender-neutral, indefinite pronoun
the nominative (subjective) and accusative (objective, also known as oblique case) forms one's: the dependent and independent genitive (possessive) forms
One_(pronoun)
Grammatical concept
accurately termed oblique arguments, thus including other arguments not covered by core grammatical roles, such as those governed by case morphology (as
Object_(grammar)
Grammatical case used to receive the direct object of a transitive verb
In grammar, the accusative case (abbreviated acc) of a noun is the grammatical case used to receive the direct object of a transitive verb. In the English
Accusative_case
Ancient Iranian language of the Caucasus
Ronald (2003). "On the Historical Phonology of Ossetic: The Origin of the Oblique Case Suffix". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 123 (1): 43–72 [54]
Alanic_language
Masculine given name
Cambridge 1st Revision King James Bible where "Jesus" first appeared) in oblique cases, and also in the accusative, and sometimes, apparently without motivation
Jesus_(name)
Pronoun without a definite referent
Anyone/Anybody is welcome to submit an entry. whoever (nominative case), whomever (oblique case) – Whoever does that will be punished. Give this to whomever
Indefinite_pronoun
Grammatical case
In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated gen) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus
Genitive_case
l, j and nouns ending in p, b, m, w that gain palatalization in the oblique cases (for example karp – karpia, paw – pawia) dative singular ending is -owi
Polish_morphology
Romance language
maintains a case distinction), differentiating between an oblique case and a nominative case. The phonology was characterized by heavy syllabic stress
French_language
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066
this form as "a bastard Anglicisation of the original epithet in an oblique case". This epithet predominates in the later Icelandic saga-tradition, but
Harald_Hardrada
Semnani language spoken in northern Iran
case and ergative system. It distinguishes two numbers in pronouns, singular and plural, and marks two cases, the direct (nominative) and the oblique
Sangsari_language
while it is harder to judge the direction of motion when it is oblique, this is not the case for speed. The figure on the right shows the performance when
Oblique_effect
Font style with cursive typeface and slanted design
inter-war period is the display face Koch Antiqua. With a partly oblique lower case, it also makes the italic capitals inline in the style of blackletter
Italic_type
Branch of the Indo-Iranian languages
is the loss of the old system of nominal case, coupled with its reduction to a two-way nominative-oblique case system. A secondary argument concerns the
Indo-Aryan_languages
Grammatical phenomenon in Austronesian
ergative case marker, du, while non-subject non-agents are marked with the oblique case marker, da. (1) Actor Voice Mambali m-paN-bali AV-¿?-buy dŭanduʔ=ti
Symmetrical_voice
OBLIQUE CASE
OBLIQUE CASE
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name for a preparer and seller of cured pork, from Middle English, Old French bacun, bacon ‘bacon’ (a word of Germanic origin, akin to Back 1).English and French : from the Germanic personal name Bac(c)o, Bahho, from the root bag- ‘to fight’. The name was relatively common among the Normans in the form Bacus, of which the oblique case was Bacon.An immigrant from Normandy, France, called Bacon or Bascon was documented in Quebec city in 1647.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Brandon, in County Durham, Northumbria, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brÅm ‘broom’, ‘gorse’ + dÅ«n ‘hill’. One in Lincolnshire, however, may be named with the Brant river, on which it stands; Ekwall derives the river name from Old English brant ‘steep’, presumably with reference to its steep banks.Irish (Kerry) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Breandáin ‘son of Breandán’.French : from the Old French oblique case of the personal name Brand, of Germanic origin (see Brand 1).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French peinto(u)r, oblique case of peintre ‘painter’, hence an occupational name for a painter (normally of colored glass). In the Middle Ages the walls of both great and minor churches were covered with painted decorations, and Reaney and Wilson note that in 1308 Hugh le Peyntour and Peter the Pavier were employed ‘making and painting the pavement’ at St. Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster. The name is widespread in central and southern England.German : topographic name for someone living in a fenced enclosure (see Bainter).
Surname or Lastname
English, Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, and French
English, Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, and French : occupational name for a shepherd, Anglo-Norman French pastre (oblique case pastour), Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, pastor ‘shepherd’, from Latin pastor, an agent derivative of pascere ‘to graze’. The religious sense of a spiritual leader was rare in the Middle Ages, and insofar as it occurs at all it seems always to be a conscious metaphor; it is unlikely, therefore, that this sense lies behind any examples of the surname.German and Dutch : humanistic name, a Latinized form of various vernacular names meaning ‘shepherd’, for example Hirt or Schäfer (see Schafer).Americanized spelling of Hungarian Pásztor, an occupational name from pásztor ‘shepherd’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Ulster)
Irish (Ulster) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duibhne ‘descendant of Dubhne’, a personal name meaning ‘ill-going’, ‘disagreeable’. Compare Deeney. Peoples is a pseudo-translation based on the phonetic resemblance of the Gaelic name to Gaelic daoine ‘people’.English : patronymic from a pet form (in -el) of the Old French personal name Pepis, oblique case Pepin (see Pepin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow. Compare Mead. The form meadow derives from mǣdwe, the dative case of Old English mǣd.
Surname or Lastname
English or Scottish
English or Scottish : unexplained. Possibly, as Black suggests, a reduced form of Langdon.French : from the old Germanic personal name element Lando (see Land), via the oblique case, Landonis.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the title of nobility, Middle English, Old French baron, barun (of Germanic origin; compare Barnes 2). As a surname it is unlikely to be a status name denoting a person of rank. The great baronial families of Europe had distinctive surnames of their own. Generally, the surname referred to service in a baronial household or was acquired as a nickname by a peasant who had ideas above his station. The title was also awarded to certain freemen of the cities of London and York and of the Cinque Ports. Compare the Scottish form Barron.English and French : from an Old French personal name Baro (oblique case Baron), or else referred to service in a baronial household or was acquired as a nickname by a peasant who had ideas above his station.German : status name for a freeman or baron, barūn ‘imperial or church official’, a loan word in Middle High German from Old French (see 1).Spanish (Barón) : from the title barón ‘baron’ (see 1).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bearáin (see Barnes).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name meaning ‘baron’, from German, Polish, or Russian. In Israel the surname is often interpreted, by folk etymology, as being from Bar-On ‘son of strength’.A bearer of the name Baron from the Champagne region of France was documented in Montreal in 1676 with the secondary surname Lupien. Another, from the Angoumois region, is recorded in Boucherville, Quebec, in 1679, and a third bearer, from Normandy, France, was documented in Île d’Orléans in 1698 with the secondary name Le Baron. Secondary surnames Bélair and Lafrenière are also recorded.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Country)
English (chiefly West Country) : (of Norman origin) from the Old French personal name Burdo (oblique case Burdon), probably of Germanic origin, but uncertain meaning.English (chiefly West Country) : nickname for a pilgrim or one who carried a pilgrim’s staff, Middle English, Old French bourdon.English (chiefly West Country) : habitational name from any of various places called Burdon or Burden. Burden in West Yorkshire and Great Burdon in County Durham are named with Old English burh ‘stronghold’, ‘fortified place’ + dūn ‘hill’; Burdon in Tyne and Wear is named with Old English b̄re ‘byre’ + denu ‘valley’.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Lancashire)
English (mainly Lancashire) : habitational name from any of the various places named Hatton, from Old English hǣð ‘heathland’, ‘heather’ (see Heath) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Examples of the place name are found in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, West London, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire.French : from the Old French oblique case of the Germanic personal name Hado, Hatto, a short form of various compound names beginning with hadu ‘strife’.Irish (Ulster) and Scottish : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chatáin (Irish), Mac Gille Chatain (Scottish) (see McHatton).Scottish : habitational name, perhaps in part of English origin (see 1), but perhaps also from a Scottish place name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ott, from the Old French oblique case.North German and Dutch : patronymic from the personal name Otto (see Ott).
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Cassie, CASEY means "she who entangles men." Compare with masculine Casey.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French cas(s)e ‘case’, ‘container’ (from Latin capsa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of boxes or chests.Americanized spelling of French Caisse.Americanized spelling of Kaas.Americanized spelling of German Käse, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of cheese. Compare Kaeser.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of Andrew.English (Norman) : from the Germanic personal name Drogo, which is of uncertain origin; it is possibly akin to Old Saxon (gi)drog ‘ghost’, ‘phantom’, or with a stem meaning ‘to bear’, ‘to carry’ (Old High German tragan). Whatever its origin, the name was borne by one of the sons of Charlemagne, and was subsequently popular throughout France in the forms Dreus, Drues (oblique case Dreu, Dr(i)u), whence it was introduced to England by the Normans. Drogo de Monte Acuto (as his name appears in its Latinized form) was a companion of William the Conqueror and founder of the Montagu family, among whom the personal name Drogo was revived in the 19th century.English (of Norman origin) : nickname from Middle English dreue, dru, Old French dru, ‘favorite’, ‘lover’ (originally an adjective, apparently from a Gaulish word meaning ‘strong’, ‘vigorous’, ‘lively’, but influenced by the sense of the Old High German element trūt, drūt ‘dear’, ‘beloved’).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in France called Dreux, from the Gaulish tribal name Durocasses.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name, with the preposition de, from any of the numerous places in France named from Old French rieux ‘streams’.Irish : when not an adoption of the English surname, a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh or Ó Druaidh or Ó Draoi ‘son’ and ‘descendant of the druid’, from draoi ‘druid’, genitive druadh or draoi.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : via Old French from the Germanic personal name Milo, of unknown etymology. The name was introduced to England by the Normans in the form Miles (oblique case Milon). In English documents of the Middle Ages the name sometimes appears in the Latinized form Milo (genitive Milonis), although the normal Middle English form was Mile, so the final -s must usually represent the possessive ending, i.e. ‘son or servant of Mile’.English : patronymic from the medieval personal name Mihel, an Old French contracted form of Michael.English : occupational name for a servant or retainer, from Latin miles ‘soldier’, sometimes used as a technical term in this sense in medieval documents.Irish (County Mayo) : when not the same as 1 or 3, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire, Myles being used as the English equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Maol Muire (see Mullery).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : unexplained.Dutch : variant of Miels, a variant of Miele 3.John Miles or Myles (c.1621–83), born probably in Herefordshire, England, was a pioneer American Baptist minister who emigrated to New England in 1662 and had a pastorate in Swansea, MA. Many of his descendants spell their name Myles.
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English (Northumberland and Durham)
English (Northumberland and Durham) : nickname for a vain or haughty man, from Middle English prod, prud ‘proud’ (late Old English prūd, from the oblique form of Old French proz).
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English
English : variant of Rand 1, from the Old French oblique case.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Messenger of God
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Anglo-Norman French personal name Fau(l)ques (oblique case Fau(l)que), originally a Germanic byname meaning ‘falcon’.
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English
English : habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded in Domesday Book as Maneshale, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Mann + Old English scylf ‘shelf’, ‘ledge’.
OBLIQUE CASE
OBLIQUE CASE
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Mountain; Prince
Girl/Female
Hindu
Eminent, Distinguished, Born on saturday
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Dark lipped
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Fire Tree; The Indian Redwood Tree
Boy/Male
Indian
Falcon.
Boy/Male
Hindu
The only child
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Muslim
Warner; Cautioner
Boy/Male
Greek Latin
Mutual love.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Flame
Boy/Male
Hindu
An ornament, Bracelet
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v. i.
To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
a.
Backhanded; indirect; oblique.
a.
Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
n.
Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.
a.
Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
imp. & p. p.
of Oblique
n.
Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.
v. t.
To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
adv.
Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
v. i.
To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
a.
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
adv.
In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Oblique
a.
Oblique; sloping.
a.
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
a.
Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.
n.
Quality or state of being oblique.
adv. & a.
Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.
adv.
To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
n.
An oblique line.