купать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic купати (kupati), from Proto-Slavic *kǫpati.

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Verb

купа́ть (kupátʹimpf (perfective искупа́ть or вы́купать)

  1. to bathe, to give a bath (transitive only, to bathe somebody; use купа́ться (kupátʹsja) (reflexive, intransitive) to bathe oneself)

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References

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