таскать

Russian

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐˈskatʲ]
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Verb

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 [put on] these shoes when it rains
  4. (colloquial) to pull (someone, causing pain; за (za) + accusative, by some body part)
    таска́ть кого́-либо за во́лосы ― taskátʹ kovó-libo za vólosy ― to pull someone's hair (literally, “to pull somebody by the hair”)
  5. (colloquial) to pinch, to swipe, to pilfer, to filch

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • таска́ние n (taskánije)

References

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