пресмыкаться

Russian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪsmɨˈkat͡sːə]

Verb

пресмыка́ться • (presmykátʹsja) impf

  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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