подобити

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Old Church Slavonic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

подоба (podoba) +‎ -ити (-iti)

Verb[edit]

подобити (podobitiimpf

  1. (reflexive) to be like
    • Matthew 6:8, from Codex Marianus, 1060800:
      не подобите сѧ ꙋбо имъ ·
      ne podobite sę ubo imŭ ·
      Be not therefore like unto them
  2. (reflexive) imitate, emulate, resemble
    • from the Life of Constantine:
      оучителѧ не имамъ таковаго, иже бꙑ нꙑ въ свои ꙗзꙑкъ истоую вѣроу христꙇаньскоую сказалъ, да бꙑша и инꙑ странꙑ того зрѧще подобили сѧ намъ.
      učitelę ne imamŭ takovago, iže by ny vŭ svoi jazykŭ istuju věru xristianĭskuju skazalŭ, da byša i iny strany togo zręšte podobili sę namŭ.
      we have no such teacher who would explain the true Christian faith to us in our own tongue, so that even the countries here, seeing this, might emulate us.

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