шарить

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʂarʲɪtʲ]
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Etymology 1

Related to ша́ркать (šárkatʹ, to shuffle) and шо́рох (šórox, rustle).

Verb

ша́рить • (šáritʹimpf (perfective поша́рить)

  1. to fumble, to rummage
  2. (colloquial) to understand, to have knowledge of, to know something well (about activities)
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References

  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “шарить”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

Further reading

Etymology 2

Derived from English share + -ить (-itʹ).

Verb

ша́рить • (šáritʹimpf (perfective поша́рить)

  1. (slang, computing) to share, especially digitally
Conjugation
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  • заша́рить pf (zašáritʹ)
  • поша́рить pf (pošáritʹ)
  • расша́рить pf (rasšáritʹ)