обещать

• обѣща́ть (oběščátʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic обѣщати (oběštati), from Proto-Slavic *oběťati. Displaced native Russian обеча́ть (obečátʹ).

• IPA^(key): [ɐbʲɪˈɕːætʲ]

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обеща́ть • (obeščátʹ) impf (perfective пообеща́ть)

1. to promise, to pledge

   Synonym: сули́ть impf (sulítʹ)

2. to promise, to give grounds for expectation (perfective is not used)

   Synonym: сули́ть impf (sulítʹ)

• наобеща́ть pf (naobeščátʹ)
• обеща́ние n (obeščánije)
• обеща́ться impf or pf (obeščátʹsja)
• пообеща́ть pf (poobeščátʹ)

Compound words:

• многообеща́ющий (mnogoobeščájuščij)

Compounds:

• обе́щанная награ́да f (obéščannaja nagráda)

Phrases

• не обеща́ть ничего́ хоро́шего impf (ne obeščátʹ ničevó xoróševo)

Proverbs

• обе́щанного три го́да ждут (obéščannovo tri góda ždut)
• обеща́ть — не зна́чит жени́ться (obeščátʹ — ne znáčit ženítʹsja)

• веща́ть impf (veščátʹ)
• обе́т m (obét)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обещать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “обетовать”, 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.
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “сулить”, 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.
  • Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “засуливать”, 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.
  • Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “отсуливать”, 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.
  • Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “посуливать”, 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.
    • Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “запосульный”, 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.
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “язать”, 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.
  • Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “поязать”, 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.