пописывать

Russian

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Etymology

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по- (po-) +‎ писа́ть (pisátʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pɐˈpʲisɨvətʲ]

Verb

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попи́сывать (popísyvatʹimpf

  1. (colloquial) to write (repeatedly or frequently); iterative of писа́ть (pisátʹ)
    Он попи́сывал стате́йки в ра́зных бульва́рных газетёнках.
    On popísyval statéjki v ráznyx bulʹvárnyx gazetjónkax.
    He used to write some little articles for some tabloids.

Usage notes

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  • This is semantically an iterative verb, but unlike many such verbs it has a full conjugation in the standard language.

Conjugation

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