пресмыкаться

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣсмꙑкати сѧ (prěsmykati sę, to creep, to crawl), from Proto-Slavic *smykati. By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ смыка́ть (smykátʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prʲɪsmɨˈkat͡sːə]

Verb

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пресмыка́ться (presmykátʹsjaimpf

  1. to creep, to crawl
  2. to grovel (before), to bow and scrape (before), to fawn (on), to lick the boots (of)

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