обедать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic обѣдати (obědati), from Proto-Slavic *obědati, from *obědъ +‎ *-ati, ultimately from *ěsti (to eat). By surface analysis, обе́д (obéd, dinner, lunch) +‎ -ать (-atʹ, infinitive suffix). See also объеда́ть (obʺjedátʹ).

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обе́дать (obédatʹimpf (perfective пообе́дать)

  1. (intransitive) to eat lunch
    • 1883, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Трагик; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Tragic Actor, 1918:
      Че́рез неде́лю арти́сты опя́ть обе́дали у нача́льства и с э́того ра́за ста́ли почти́ ка́ждый день приходи́ть в дом испра́вника, то обе́дать, то у́жинать, и Ма́ша ещё сильне́е привяза́лась к теа́тру и ста́ла быва́ть в нём ежедне́вно.
      Čérez nedélju artísty opjátʹ obédali u načálʹstva i s étovo ráza stáli počtí káždyj denʹ prixodítʹ v dom isprávnika, to obédatʹ, to úžinatʹ, i Máša ješčó silʹnéje privjazálasʹ k teátru i stála byvátʹ v njom ježednévno.
      A week later the actors dined at the police captain's again, and after that came almost every day either to dinner or supper. Masha became more and more devoted to the theatre, and went there every evening.

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