обвязать

Russian

Etymology

об- (ob-) +‎ вяза́ть (vjazátʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbvʲɪˈzatʲ]

Verb

обвяза́ть • (obvjazátʹpf (imperfective обвя́зывать)

  1. to encircle by tying [with accusative ‘something’ and instrumental ‘with something else’] (idiomatically translated by English tie around with the instrumental object as the direct object and the accusative object preceded by around)
    обвяза́ть де́рево ле́нтойobvjazátʹ dérevo léntojto tie a ribbon around a tree (literally, “to encircle a tree with a ribbon”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • обвя́зываться impf (obvjázyvatʹsja), обвяза́ться pf (obvjazátʹsja)