обіцяти

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish obiecać, from Proto-Slavic *oběťati. Displaced native Old East Slavic обѣчати (oběčati).

Compare Belarusian абяца́ць (abjacácʹ), borrowed from the same Polish word, as well as Russian обеща́ть (obeščátʹ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔbʲiˈt͡sʲate]
  • (file)

Verb

обіця́ти • (obicjáty) impf (perfective пообіця́ти)

  1. (transitive) to promise, to pledge

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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