скрепа

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Deverbal from скрепи́ть (skrepítʹ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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скре́па (skrépaf inan (genitive скре́пы, nominative plural скре́пы, genitive plural скреп)

  1. brace, clamp, fastener, bond
    • 1925, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава 8. История в совхозе”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      Охрани́тель, винто́вка кото́рого ми́рно дрема́ла у двере́й, клеща́ми взла́мывал скре́пы и металли́ческие обши́вки.
      Oxranítelʹ, vintóvka kotórovo mírno dremála u dveréj, kleščámi vzlámyval skrépy i metallíčeskije obšívki.
      The guard, his rifle dozing peacefully by the door, was ripping open the braces and metal bands with a pair of pliers.
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) bond (something that unites or holds together)
  3. (specialist) a place to fasten something
  4. (linguistics) conjunction
  5. (archaic) confirmatory signature

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