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Russian
Etymology
From the verb обаять (obajatʹ), обаивать (obaivatʹ, “to charm”). Possible link with the proper noun Оба́им (Obáim) / Обо́им (Obóim).
Pronunciation
Noun
оба́им • (obáim) m anim (genitive оба́има, nominative plural оба́имы, genitive plural оба́имов)
- (dialectal) A sweet-talking, crafty or deceptive person.
- Synonyms: обай (obaj), обаюн (obajun), обайщик (obajščik), обакула (obakula); красноба́й (krasnobáj), говору́н (govorún), красноречи́вый челове́к (krasnorečívyj čelovék); плут (plut), обма́нщик (obmánščik), жу́лик (žúlik), абда́л (abdál)
Declension
References
- Anikin, A. E. (2007) “абаим”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 65
- Филин, Ф. П., editor (1986), “оба́им и обаи́м”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 21, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 343
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “обаивать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.