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Russian
Etymology
обе́дать (obédatʹ) + -ывать (-yvatʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
обе́дывать • (obédyvatʹ) impf
- to dine (repeatedly or frequently); iterative of обе́дать (obédatʹ)
1833, Александр Пушкин [Alexander Pushkin], “Глава 7. XVIII”, in Евгений Онегин; English translation from Stanley Mitchell, transl., Eugene Onegin, London: Penguin Books, 2008:Здесь с ним обе́дывал зимо́ю
Поко́йный Ле́нский, наш сосе́д.- Zdesʹ s nim obédyval zimóju
Pokójnyj Lénskij, naš soséd. - ‘He used to dine here in the winter
With neighbour Lensky, now deceased.
Usage notes
- This is an iterative verb, and in standard language is conjugated only in the infinitive and the past tense.
Conjugation
Conjugation of обе́дывать (class 1a imperfective intransitive iterative)