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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъnabъděti. By surface analysis, с- (s-) + на- (na-) + бдеть (bdetʹ). Compare Old East Slavic набъдѣти (nabŭděti, “to care for, to protect”).
Pronunciation
Verb
снабди́ть • (snabdítʹ) pf (imperfective снабжа́ть)
- to provide, to supply
1881, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], Пламенная патриотка; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Flaming Patriot, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:По́езд, в кото́ром я е́хал, привёз меня́ в Ве́ну о́коло четырёх часо́в пополу́дни. Кварти́ры мне для себя́ не пришло́сь оты́скивать: в Ки́еве снабди́ли меня́ рекоменда́циею, избавля́вшею от вся́ких хлопо́т.- Pójezd, v kotórom ja jéxal, privjóz menjá v Vénu ókolo četyrjóx časóv popolúdni. Kvartíry mne dlja sebjá ne prišlósʹ otýskivatʹ: v Kíjeve snabdíli menjá rekomendácijeju, izbavljávšeju ot vsjákix xlopót.
- The train I was traveling by brought me to Vienna at around four o’clock in the afternoon. I did not have to look for quarters: in Kiev I had been furnished with a reference that saved me any trouble.
Conjugation
Conjugation of снабди́ть (class 4b perfective transitive)
Derived terms
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “снабдить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress