абие

Old Church Slavonic

Adverb

абие • (abie)

1. Alternative form of абиѥ (abije)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic абие (abie, “now, suddenly”), from Old Church Slavonic абиѥ (abije, “now, immediately”), from Proto-Slavic *abьje. Compare Sanskrit अह्नाय (ahnāya, “instantly, at once”), Ancient Greek ἄφαρ (áphar, “at once”), ἄφνω (áphnō, “suddenly”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root *abʰ-.

Compare also Old Novgorodian абьно (abĭno, “if, when”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabʲɪje]

Adverb

а́бие • (ábije)

1. (obsolete) at once, straight away [11th c.]

References

• Anikin, A. E. (2007) “абие”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 69
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “абие”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress