абиѥ
Old Church Slavonic
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editFrom Proto-Slavic *abьje. Compare Sanskrit अह्नाय (ahnāya, “instantly, at once”), Ancient Greek ἄφαρ (áphar, “at once”), ἄφνω (áphnō, “suddenly”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root *abʰ-.
Adverb
editабиѥ • (abije)
- immediately, at once
- from Vita Methodii, 0501100-0501110:
- и абие оустроивъ писмена и бесѣдоу съставль поути сѧ ꙗтъ моравьскааго
- i abie ustroivŭ pismena i besědu sŭstavlĭ puti sę jatŭ moravĭskaago
- And immediately after forming an alphabet and composing the text, he set out for Moravia
- from Vita Methodii, 0501100-0501110: