Mari-English Dictionary

коптара•ш (-ем)

1. to strip off, to tear off, to strip away, to tear away, to remove

♦ оҥа•м коптара•ш (-ем) {verb II} to tear off boards

♦ пуше•ҥге шӱ•мым коптара•ш (-ем) {verb II} to strip off a tree's bark

♦ сӧре•мым коптара•ш (-ем) {verb II} to remove a layer of turf

2. {figuratively} to take, to snatch away, to seize

♢ чыла• окса•м коптаре•ныт {sentence} all the money was snatched away

~ ASPECTUAL CONVERB CONSTRUCTIONS ~

// коптаре•н лукта•ш (-ам) {verb I} {perfective} (see above)

// пуше•ҥгым мла•нде гыч коптаре•н лукта•ш (-ам) {verb I} to tear out a tree by the roots

// коптаре•н нала•ш (-ам) {verb I} {perfective} (see above)

♢ ремонтла•н вет шы•мле тӱже•м теҥге•м коптаре•н на•льыч {sentence} they took seventy thousand rubles for the repair

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Last update: 10 August 2023

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