Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obъjьmati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

By surface analysis, *obъ- +‎ *jьmati.

Verb

*obъjьmati impf (perfective *obęti)

  1. to hug, to embrace

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: объимати (obŷimati), обьмати (obĭmati)
      • Old Ruthenian: обыйма́ти (obyjmáti), обойма́ти (obojmáti), обнима́ти (obnimáti), обейма́ти (obejmáti), обьима́ти (obʹimáti)
        • Belarusian: абніма́ць (abnimácʹ); абыйма́ць (abyjmácʹ), абыма́ць (abymácʹ) (dialectal)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: обнима́ти (obnymáty), обыйма́ти (obŷjmáty)
        • Ukrainian: обійма́ти (obijmáty), обніма́ти (obnimáty)
      • Middle Russian: объима́ти (obʺimáti), обоима́ти (oboimáti)
    • Old Novgorodian: обоумати (obumati) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Church Slavonic: объимати (obŷimati), обимати (obimati), обьмати (obĭmati)
      • Bulgarian: обни́мам (obnímam), обне́мам (obnémam); оби́мам (obímam) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: објамати
      Latin script: objamati
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: objímati
    • Old Polish:
      • Polish: obejmać, obimać (dialectal)
    • Old Slovak: objímať, obnímať
      • Pannonian Rusyn: обнїмац (obnjimac)
      • Slovak: objímať; obímač (dialectal)
    • Pomeranian:
      • Slovincian: wôbjimac
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wobjimać

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*obъjьmati/*obъjimati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 160