обещать

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbʲɪˈɕːætʲ]
  • (file)

Verb

обеща́ть • (obeščátʹ) impf (perfective пообеща́ть)

  1. to promise, to pledge

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • обеща́ться impf or pf (obeščátʹsja)

References

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