крыть

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kryti.

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  • Rhymes: -ɨtʲ

Verb

крыть (krytʹimpf (perfective покры́ть)

  1. to cover, to roof (a house); to thatch, to tile
    крыть ши́феромkrytʹ šíferomto slate
  2. to coat (with paint)
  3. (card games) to cover, to trump
    ему́ не́чем крыть (colloquial)
    jemú néčem krytʹ
    he hasn't a leg to stand on, there's nothing he can say to that
    (literally, “he has no (good) card to cover”)
  4. (colloquial) to scold, to rail (at), to swear (at)
  5. (agriculture) to mount (an animal to mate)

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