долбить

Alternative forms

• долба́ть (dolbátʹ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъlbiti. Cognates include Ukrainian довба́ти (dovbáty), Belarusian долбíць (dolbícʹ), Serbo-Croatian ду̑псти / dȗpsti, Polish dɫubać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɐlˈbʲitʲ]

Verb

долби́ть • (dolbítʹ) impf (perfective продолби́ть)

1. to peck (e.g. of birds), to gouge a hole in (to make a dent or a hole by constantly hitting the surface)

   Дя́тел долби́т по де́реву.

   Djátel dolbít po dérevu.

   The woodpecker pecks the wood.

2. (colloquial) to knock, to hit
3. (colloquial) constantly repeat, remind about something

   Ско́лько ему́ ни долби́, он э́того не понима́ет.

   Skólʹko jemú ni dolbí, on étovo ne ponimájet.

   He doesn't understand no matter how many times I repeat this.

4. (colloquial) to memorize by constantly repeating

   Он часа́ми долби́т уро́к.

   On časámi dolbít urók.

   He does the exercise for hours by repeating over and over again.

5. (colloquial, figuratively) to scold, to criticize
6. (colloquial) to destroy by using sloppily
7. (colloquial) to use drugs
8. (vulgar) to fuck