ступить

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic ступити (stupiti), from Proto-Slavic *stǫpiti, from Proto-Indo-European *stab- (to support).

Compare Upper Sorbian stupić, Polish stąpić, Czech stoupit, Serbo-Croatian stupiti.

Verb

ступи́ть (stupítʹpf (imperfective ступа́ть)

  1. to tread, to step on
    ступи́ть на зе́млюstupítʹ na zémljuto set foot on land
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Etymology 2

с- (s-) +‎ тупи́ть (tupítʹ)

Verb

ступи́ть (stupítʹpf (imperfective тупи́ть)

  1. to blunt, to make dull
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