обаим
Russian
Alternative forms
- абаим (abaim)
Etymology
From the verb обаять (obajatʹ), обаивать (obaivatʹ, “to charm”). Possible link with the proper noun Оба́им (Obáim) / Обо́им (Obóim)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐˈbaɪm]
Noun
оба́им • (obáim) m anim (genitive оба́има, nominative plural оба́имы, genitive plural оба́имов)
- (dialectal) A sweet-talking, crafty or deceptive person.
Declension
Declension of оба́им (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
- обай (obaj), обаюн (obajun), обайщик (obajščik), обакула (obakula)
- красноба́й (krasnobáj), говору́н (govorún), красноречи́вый челове́к (krasnorečívyj čelovék)
- плут (plut), обма́нщик (obmánščik), жу́лик (žúlik), абда́л (abdál)
References
- Anikin, A. Je. (2007), “абаим”, in Russkij etimologičeskij slovarʹ [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Rukopisnyje pamjatniki Drevnej Rusi, page 65
- “обаим”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow, Saint Petersburg: Nauka, 1986, page 343b
- Dalʹ, V. I. (1880–1882), “обаивать”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ živovo velikorusskovo jazyka [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Saint Petersburg, Moscow: Izdanije knigoprodavca-tipografa M.O. Volʹfa
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