тащить

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *taščiti. Cognate with Ukrainian тащи́ти, таска́ти (taščýty, taskáty), Czech tasit, 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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Verb

тащи́ть (taščítʹimpf (perfective вы́тащить or стащи́ть)

  1. to pull, to drag, to haul
    • 1869, Leo Tolstoy, chapter IV, in Война и мир, volume 1, part 2, Лексика, published 1996:
      Вон там, на лужку́, за дере́вней, тро́е та́щат что́-то.
      Von tam, na lužkú, za derévnej, tróje táščat štó-to.
      Over there, on the meadow, beyond the village, three people are dragging something.
    • 1984, Vladimir Alenikov, Кани́кулы Петро́ва и Ва́сечкина, обыкнове́нные и невероя́тные, spoken by Petrov:
      Поднима́ют среди́ но́чи, та́щат куда́-то, а я ещё и чо́кнутый!
      Podnimájut sredí nóči, táščat kudá-to, a ja ješčó i čóknutyj!
      Waking me up in the middle of the night, dragging me somewhere, and it's me who's crazy!
    • 2010 [1999], Tove Jansson, “Комета прилетает”, in N. Belyakova, transl., Всё о Муммитроллях, page 84:
      Ядови́тый ку́ст, бли́зкий к опа́сному ви́ду Ангосту́р, ухвати́л фрёкен Снорк за хво́стик и ме́дленно тащи́л её к себе́ свои́ми живы́ми рука́ми.
      Jadovítyj kúst, blízkij k opásnomu vídu Angostúr, uxvatíl frjóken Snork za xvóstik i médlenno taščíl jejó k sebé svoími živými rukámi.
      The poisonous bush, related to the dangerous species Angostura, grabbed Snork Maiden by her little tail and dragged her towards itself with its own live hands.
  2. (colloquial) to carry (unwillingly or something heavy)
    Synonym: пере́ть (perétʹ)
  3. (colloquial) to steal, to pinch
    Perfective: стащи́ть (staščítʹ)
    Synonym: пере́ть (perétʹ)
    Он опя́ть та́щит с заво́да дета́ли.On opjátʹ táščit s zavóda detáli.He's stealing parts from the plant again.
  4. (slang) to please, to cause to revel
    Synonym: пере́ть (perétʹ)
    Э́тот музо́н меня́ та́щит.Étot muzón menjá táščit.This music makes me revel.

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

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