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Old Church Slavonic
Adverb
абие • (abije)
- alternative form of абиѥ (abije)
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic абие (abije, “now, suddenly”), from Old Church Slavonic абиѥ (abije, “now, immediately”), 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-.
Compare also Old Novgorodian абьно (abĭno, “if, when”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
а́бие • (ábije)
- (obsolete) at once, straight away
References
- Anikin, A. E. (2007) “абие”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 69
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “абие”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress