попрать

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic попьрати (popĭrati), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic попьрати (popĭrati), composed as if from по- (po-) + прать (pratʹ, to crush, to stomp; to go against, to resist), from Proto-Slavic *pьrati; cognate with попере́ть (poperétʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈpratʲ]

Verb

попра́ть (poprátʹ) pf (imperfective попира́ть)

  1. to violate, to humiliate
  2. (dated) to trample

Conjugation

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