драпать

Russian

Etymology

Presumably, with the original sense being “to tear, to scratch”, ultimately descends from Proto-Slavic *drapati; compare to Czech drápat and Polish drapać; compare to дать дёру (datʹ djóru), удира́ть (udirátʹ), рвану́ть (rvanútʹ), рвать ко́гти (rvatʹ kógti) for other examples of mutation of “to tear” into “to flee”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdrapətʲ]

Verb

дра́пать • (drápatʹ) impf (perfective драпану́ть)

  1. (colloquial) to skedaddle, to hightail, to flee

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “драпать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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