Russian

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Etymology

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Parallel to and possibly borrowed from Old Church Slavonic раздражити (razdražiti). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian дра́жити (to pester, to anger) (1sg. дра̑жим), Slovene drážiti (to pester), Old Czech drážiti, Slovak dráżiť. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dražiti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rəzdrɐˈʐɨtʲ]
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Verb

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раздражи́ть (razdražítʹpf (imperfective раздража́ть)

  1. to irritate
  2. to annoy, to vex, to get on nerves

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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