From Old East Slavic обѣдати (obědati), from Proto-Slavic *obědati, from *obědъ +‎ *-ati, ultimately from *ěsti (“to eat”). Equivalent to обі́д (obíd) +‎ -ати (-aty). Compare Russian обе́дать (obédatʹ), Belarusian абе́даць (abjédacʹ).

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обі́дати • (obídaty) impf (perfective пообі́дати)

1. to have lunch, to lunch, to have dinner (eat a midday meal)

   Coordinate terms: сні́дати impf (snídaty, “to have breakfast”), вече́ряти impf (večérjaty, “to have dinner/supper”)

• обі́д is a meal eaten in the middle of the day and is considered the main meal of the day. обі́дати can be translated as "to have dinner" in contexts where "dinner" is understood to denote a main meal eaten in the middle of the day (see dinner on Wikipedia).

• обі́д m (obíd)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “обідати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “обідати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “обідати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “обідати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)