- zobàti
- zobàti
Grammatical information: v.
Proto-Slavic meaning: `peck'
Old Church Slavic:ozoba (Ps. Sin.) `devoured' [3sgaor];izoba (Supr.) `ate' [3sgaor]Russian:zobát' (dial.) `peck, swallow, eat greedily, devour' [verb]Old Russian:zobati `eat' [verb]Czech:zobati `peck' [verb];džobač (Lach dial.) `peck' [verb]Slovak:zobat' `peck' [verb]Polish:dziobać `peck' [verb] \{1\}Old Polish:zobać `peck' [verb]Serbo-Croatian:zòbati `peck, (Vuk) eat grains' [verb], zȍbljēm [1sg];Čak. zobȁti (Vrgada) `peck' [verb], zȍbl̨eš [2sg];Čak. zobȁt (Orbanići) `peck, eat, nibble (grapes, berries etc.)' [verb], zȍbljen [1sg]Slovene:zóbati `peck, eat (berries, cherries etc.), eat grains' [verb], zǫ́bljem [1sg]Bulgarian:zóbam `eat berries one by one' [verb]Lithuanian:žė̃bti `eat dry substances, gobble, crave for, covet' [verb]Indo-European reconstruction: ǵ(ʰ)obʰ-Comments: It is doubtful if there are cognates outside Balto-Slavic.Notes:\{1\} Originally an East Polish form.
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