ступить

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [stʊˈpʲitʲ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic ступити (stupiti), from Proto-Slavic *stǫpiti, from Proto-Indo-European *stab- (to support).

Compare Upper Sorbian stupić, Polish stąpić, Czech stoupit, Serbo-Croatian stupiti.

Verb

ступи́ть • (stupítʹpf (imperfective ступа́ть)

  1. to tread, to step on
    ступи́ть на зе́млюstupítʹ na zémljuto set foot on land
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Further reading

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

Etymology 2

с- (s-) +‎ тупи́ть (tupítʹ)

Verb

ступи́ть • (stupítʹpf (imperfective тупи́ть)

  1. to blunt, to make dull
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