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Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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From 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

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абиѥ (abije)

  1. 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