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Etymology

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об- (ob-) +‎ вяза́ть (vjazátʹ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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обвяза́ть (obvjazátʹpf (imperfective обвя́зывать)

  1. to encircle by tying [with accusative ‘something’ and instrumental ‘with something else’] (idiomatically translated by English tie around with the instrumental object as the direct object and the accusative object preceded by around)
    обвяза́ть де́рево ле́нтойobvjazátʹ dérevo léntojto tie a ribbon around a tree (literally, “to encircle a tree with a ribbon”)

Conjugation

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