таскать

Cognate with Ukrainian таска́ти, тащи́ти (taskáty, taščýty), Czech tasiti, Polish taskać, taszczyć. Further etymology is unclear. Schmidt and Uhlenbeck suggested that the term is cognate with Sanskrit तस्कर (taskara, “thief”).

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таска́ть • (taskátʹ) impf (perfective потаска́ть)

1. to carry, to lug, to drag

   ежедне́вно таска́ть тяжёлые су́мки ― ježednévno taskátʹ tjažólyje súmki ― to carry heavy bags every day

   е́ле но́ги таска́ть ― jéle nógi taskátʹ ― to be barely able to drag one's feet

2. (colloquial, transitive) to pull along, to drag along

   таска́ть кого́-либо всю́ду с собо́й ― taskátʹ kovó-libo vsjúdu s sobój ― to take someone along everywhere

3. (colloquial) to wear (clothes or shoes, long or carelessly)

   не таска́й э́ти ту́фли в дождь ― ne taskáj éti túfli v doždʹ ― don't wear these shoes when it rains

4. (colloquial) to pull (causing pain)

   таска́ть кого́-либо за во́лосы ― taskátʹ kovó-libo za vólosy ― to pull someone's hair (literally, “to pull someone by the hair”)

5. (colloquial) to pinch, to swipe, to pilfer, to filch

таска́ть (taskátʹ) is in the class of Russian abstract verbs. Its counterpart тащи́ть (taščítʹ), is a concrete verb.

• таска́ние n (taskánije)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “таска”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress