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Where does “поцарапать” come from?

поцарапать (Russian) comes from Russian по́-, from Russian -бира́ть.

поцарапать (Russian): to scratch slightly, to mar slightly

Definitions

  1. to scratch slightly, to mar slightly

Ancestry of “поцарапать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпо́-—
2Russian-бира́ть—
Every word from Russian -бира́ть →