абиѥ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• абие (abie)
• абье (abĭe)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *abьje. Compare Sanskrit अह्नाय (ahnāya, “instantly, at once”), Ancient Greek ἄφαρ (áphar, “at once”), ἄφνω (áphnō, “suddenly”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root *abʰ-.

Adverb

абиѥ • (abije)

1. immediately, at once
   • from Vita Methodii, 0501100-0501110:

     и абие оустроивъ писмена и бесѣдоу съставль поути сѧ ꙗтъ моравьскааго

     i abie ustroivŭ pismena i besědu sŭstavlĭ puti sę jatŭ moravĭskaago

     And immediately after forming an alphabet and composing the text, he set out for Moravia