обачовац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak opačovať, *obačovať. By surface analysis, обачиц (obačic) +‎ -овац (-ovac).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔbaˈt͡ʃɔvat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
  • Hyphenation: оба‧чо‧вац

Verb

обачовац (obačovacimpf (perfective обачиц)

  1. (ambitransitive) to observe, to notice, to perceive
    • 2022 March 5, А. Балатинац, “Кед шерцо полне, живот нє чежки”, in Руске Слово[1]:
      През бешеду обачуєме же Нада люби свою роботу и з вельким одушевийом приповеда о велїх файтох сира хтори прави: тварди, окурени, помишани з паприґу, з рижнима присмачками, та аж и тоти, як гваря „фенси” сири до хторих кладзe гроженка, смокви, а залївала их з медом.
      Prez bešedu obačujeme že Nada ljubi svoju robotu i z velʹkim oduševijom pripoveda o veljix fajtox sira xtori pravi: tvardi, okureni, pomišani z paprigu, z rižnima prismačkami, ta až i toti, jak hvarja „fensi” siri do xtorix kladze hroženka, smokvi, a zaljivala ix z medom.
      During the conversation we notice that Nada loves her job, and with great enthusiasm she talks about many types of cheese which she makes: hard, smoked, mixed with paprika, with different spices, and even, as they say, "fancy" cheeses in which she puts raisins, figs, and watered with honey.
  2. (intransitive) to remark, to comment
    Synonym: замерковйовац (zamerkovjovac)
  3. (transitive) to see, to realize
  4. (transitive) to spot, to catch sight of

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