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Russian
Etymology
ис- (is-) + трепа́ть (trepátʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
истрепа́ть • (istrepátʹ) pf (imperfective трепа́ть or истрёпывать)
- (colloquial) to wear to rags, to fray, to tear
- истрепа́ть не́рвы кому́-либо ― istrepátʹ nérvy komú-libo ― wear out someone's nerves
1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин [Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin], “Семейный суд”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Жизнь до тако́й сте́пени истрепа́ла его́, что не оста́вила на нём никако́го при́знака дворя́нского сы́на, ни мале́йшего сле́да того́, что и он был когда́-то в университе́те и что и к нему́ то́же бы́ло обращено́ воспита́тельное сло́во нау́ки.- Žiznʹ do takój stépeni istrepála jevó, što ne ostávila na njom nikakóvo príznaka dvorjánskovo sýna, ni maléjševo sléda tovó, što i on byl kogdá-to v universitéte i što i k nemú tóže býlo obraščenó vospitátelʹnoje slóvo naúki.
- Life has so jaded him that there is no sign now of his gentry birth, not the faintest indication that he once attended the university and had addressed to him the improving word of science.
Conjugation
Conjugation of истрепа́ть (class 6c(-ё-) perfective transitive)
Derived terms