трепать
Russian
verb
Definitions
- (flax etc) to scutch, to swingle
- to pull about, to blow about, to flutter, to tousle
- (colloquial) to wear out, to fray, to tear
- to pat
- to beat up, to maul, to pummel
- to give a hard life/time
- to mention too often, to make too many references (to), to hackney
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic трепати inherited from Proto-Slavic *trepati.
Origin
Proto-Slavic
*trepati
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- athrob English
- heartthrob English
- outthrob English
- throb English
- throbber English
- throbby English
- throbless English
- intrepidus Latin
- trepido Latin
- trepidus Latin
- *trep- Proto-Indo-European
- trzepaczka Polish
- trzepak Polish
- trzepać Polish
- throbben Middle English
- *trepati Proto-Slavic
- treptati Serbo-Croatian
- трептати Serbo-Croatian
- трепати Old East Slavic