обаим
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- абаим (abaim)
Etymology edit
From the verb обаять (obajatʹ), обаивать (obaivatʹ, “to charm”). Possible link with the proper noun Оба́им (Obáim) / Обо́им (Obóim).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
оба́им • (obáim) m anim (genitive оба́има, nominative plural оба́имы, genitive plural оба́имов)
- (dialectal) A sweet-talking, crafty or deceptive person.
Declension edit
Declension of оба́им (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
References edit
- Anikin, A. E. (2007) “абаим”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 65
- Филин, Ф. П., editor (1986), “оба́им и обаи́м”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 21, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 343
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “обаивать”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.