корпеть

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Russian

Etymology

Related to корпа́ть (korpátʹ, to mend clothes, to patch), from Proto-Slavic *kъrpati (to patch), from Proto-Slavic *kъrpa (a patch, a cloth), via semantic shift: to patchto workto work hard, to pore over. Related to Ukrainian ко́рпати (kórpaty, to dig), Serbo-Croatian krpati (to patch, to mend), Bulgarian къ́рпа (kǎ́rpa, a towel), Serbo-Croatian krpa (a rag, a dishcloth), Lithuanian karpýti (to cut).

Pronunciation

Verb

корпе́ть (korpétʹimpf

  1. (colloquial) to work hard/meticulously/thoroughly (on something), to pore over, to plug away
    Сего́дня я до́лго корпе́л над но́вой програ́ммой.
    Sevódnja ja dólgo korpél nad nóvoj prográmmoj.
    Today I have plugged away on the new program for a long time.

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