обещать

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Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обѣщати (oběštati), from Proto-Slavic *oběťati. Displaced native Russian обеча́ть (obečátʹ).

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Verb

обеща́ть (obeščátʹimpf (perfective пообеща́ть)

  1. to promise, to pledge

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обещать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress