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обещать

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обѣщати (oběštati), from Proto-Slavic *oběťati. Displaced native Russian обеча́ть (obečátʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐbʲɪˈɕːætʲ]
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Verb

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обеща́ть (obeščátʹimpf (perfective пообеща́ть)

  1. to promise, to pledge

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обещать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress