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перебирать

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Russian

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Etymology

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пере- (pere-) +‎ -бира́ть (-birátʹ)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pʲɪrʲɪbʲɪˈratʲ]
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Verb

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перебира́ть • (perebirátʹ) impf (perfective перебра́ть)

  1. to sort out, to look through
  2. (music) to finger (strings of a string musical instrument)
    • 2025, Виктор Пелевин [Victor Pelevin], A Sinistra, Москва: Эксмо; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Он подожда́л, пока́ наро́д запо́лнит таве́рну, подня́л свою́ лю́тню, поклони́лся и на́чал перебира́ть стру́ны.
      On podoždál, poká naród zapólnit tavérnu, podnjál svojú ljútnju, poklonílsja i náčal perebirátʹ strúny.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to take in excess, to take too much
  4. to recall, to turn over in one's mind
  5. to be picky, to be choosy
  6. to move (one's feet), to advance (slowly)
    перебира́ть нога́ми ― perebirátʹ nogámi ― to drag one's feet

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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