обрамить

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, probably borrowed from Polish obramować (to put a border around), from Middle High German brëmen (to put a border around), from Middle High German brëm (edge, border); compare English brim. Meaning influenced by ра́ма (ráma, frame); synchronically analyzable as об- (ob-) + ра́ма (ráma) + -ить (-itʹ) (stem-stressed variant) or as об- (ob-) + ра́ма (ráma) + -ить (-itʹ) (ending-stressed variant).

Pronunciation

  • обра́мить: IPA(key): [ɐˈbramʲɪtʲ]
  • обрами́ть: IPA(key): [ɐbrɐˈmʲitʲ]

Verb

обра́мить or обрами́ть (obrámitʹ or obramítʹ) pf (imperfective обрамля́ть)

  1. to frame (a painting), to put inside a frame

Conjugation

Verb

обрами́ть (obramítʹ) pf (imperfective обрамля́ть)

  1. (figuratively, literary) to encircle, to frame (e.g. of light around a face, trees around an alley, etc.)

Conjugation

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