преступить

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣстѫпити (prěstǫpiti), compare native переступи́ть (perestupítʹ). By surface analysis, пре- (pre-) +‎ ступи́ть (stupítʹ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [prʲɪstʊˈpʲitʲ]

Verb edit

преступи́ть (prestupítʹpf (imperfective преступа́ть)

  1. to break, to infringe, to violate (laws, regulations, norms, etc.)
  2. to overstep, to transgress, to trespass

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