покрыть

Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) + крыть (krytʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈkrɨtʲ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɨtʲ

Verb

покры́ть • (pokrýtʹ) pf (imperfective крыть or покрыва́ть)

  1. to cover, to roof (a house) ; to thatch, to tile
    покры́ть ши́феромpokrýtʹ šíferomto slate
  2. to coat (with paint)
  3. to cover, to trump (in card games)
    ему́ не́чем крыть
    jemú néčem krytʹ
    he hasn't a leg to stand on, there's nothing he can say to that (original meaning: he has no (good) card to cover (colloquial)
  4. (colloquial) to scold, to rail (at), to swear (at)

Conjugation

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