Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *drǫčiti, the soft "р" is probably of expressive origin, compare дрюк (drjuk) and друк (druk), from Proto-Slavic *drǫkъ. By surface analysis, дрюк (drjuk) +‎ -ить (-itʹ). Cognate with Russian удручи́ть (udručítʹ), Old Church Slavonic оудрѫчити (udrǫčiti), Polish dręczyć. Doublet of дручи́ть (dručítʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdrʲʉt͡ɕɪtʲ]

Verb

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дрю́чить (drjúčitʹimpf (perfective вздрю́чить or отдрю́чить) (colloquial)

  1. to beat, to hit, to screw up
  2. to bash, to criticize severely, to punish
  3. (vulgar) to have sex with
  4. to steamroll, to outplay

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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