Exploring Emptiness	2.Small prefixes	3. Semantic profiles	4. Constructional profiles	5. Prefix variation	6. Aspectual triplets

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Submeaning	Description	Example	Example gloss
1. TRANSFER	Change location often by crossing spatial or metaphorical borders	Ja pereplyl rečku	I swam across the river
2. SUPERIORITY	Excel, surpass smth	One pereborola soblazn	She resisted the temptation
3. OVERDO	Do smth redundantly	Nastya šči perersolila	Nastya oversalted the shchi
4. REDO	Do smth again	Mixalkov perepisal staryj tekst	Mikhalkov re-wrote the old text
5. DURATION / OVERCOME	Get over smth, spend a certain amount of time doing smth. Transfer in time	Ona perebolela grippom	She recovered from the flu
6. BRIDGE	Extend an object across a gap	Nataša i ee mat' perebintovali ego rany	Natasha and her mother put bandages over his wounds
7. TURN OVER	An action causes an object to turn about its own axis	On perelistal anketu	He turned over the pages of the questionnaire
8. MIX	Intermingle	Provoda pereputalis'	The wires got mixed up
9. DIVIDE	The action results in partition, separation	On pererezal verevki	He cut across the cords
10. SERIATIM	Many objects are subjected to the action	Ona perepugala vsex nas	She scared us all
11. THOROUGH	The object is intensely affected	Oni perepačkali ego sguščenkoj	They stained him all over with condensed milk

1. TRANSFER

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perebežat’	run across	bežat’	run	n
perebrat’sja	get across, over	brat’(sja)	take	n
pereexat’	cross; move to a new place	exat’	drive, ride	n
peregnat’	transfer, drive; (chem., tech.) distil, sublimate	gnat’	chase, whip up (an animal), drive hard (a vehicle); distil	n/m
peregruzit’	trans-ship, load from A to B (e.g. from a train to a ship)	gruzit’	load	n
perejti	cross, go over	idti	go, walk	n
perekočevat’	migrate over	kočevat’	migrate	n
pereletet’	fly over	letet’	fly	n
perelezt’	climb over	lezt’	climb	n
perelit’	pour somewhere else, decant	lit’	pour	n
perenesti(s’)	carry somewhere else, transport	nesti(s’)	carry; rush	n
perepisat’	copy	pisat’	write	n
pereplyt’	swim across, sail across	plyt’	swim	n
perepravit’(sja)	convey, transport, take across	pravit’	drive, steer	n
pererabotat’	convert into	rabotat’	work	m
pererasti	grow into, develop into, turn into smth stronger	rasti	grow	m
peresadit’	transfer, transplant, make one change a seat	sažat’, sadit’	make smb sit; plant	n
pereseč’	cross (the road), traverse	seč’	cut	n
pereselit’(sja)	move, resetttle	selit’(sja)	settle	n
pereslat’	send, forward	slat’	send	n
peresoxnut’	dry out, become parched	soxnut’	dry (intransitive)	m
perestavit’	move somewhere else	stavit’	put, set	n
peretaščit’	drag over, move, shift	taščit’	drag	n
peretjanut’	pull, draw somewhere else; attract, gain support of	tjanut’	draw, pull	n/m
perevalit’(sja)	transfer across	valit’(sja)	throw down	n
perevesit’	hang somewhere else	vesit’	hang	n
perevesti(s’)	take across, transfer, shift; translate; switch the job or class; convert currency; transfer money	vesti(s’)	lead	n/m
perevezti	take across, transport, convey	vezti	cart, convey	n

Specialized Perfectives (28)

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
peremenit’sja	change, become different	menjat’sja	change, become different	m

Natural Perfectives (1)

2. SUPERIORITY

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
pereborot’	master	borot’	struggle, fight	m
peregnat’	outpace, leave behind	gnat’	rush	m
perekričat’	outshout	kričat’	shout	m
perekryt’	break a record, beat (of cards)	kryt’	cover	m
pererasti	outgrow, overtop, outstrip in height	rasti	grow	m
peretjanut’	outweigh, outbalance	tjanut’	draw, pull	m
perevesit’	outweigh, outbalance	vesit’	weigh	m
perexitrit’	outwit, outsmart	xitrit’	use cunning	m
perežit’	outlive, live longer than smb	žit’	live	m

Specialized Perfectives (9)

Natural Perfectives: not attested

3. OVERDO

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perebrat’	take in excess	brat’	take	m
peregnut’(sja)	go too far	gnut’(sja)	bend	m
peregruzit’	overload	gruzit’	load	m
pereigrat’	overact	igrat’	play, act	m
pereletet’	fly too far, overshoot the mark	letet’	fly	m
perelit’	let overflow, pour too much	lit’	pour	m
perepolnit’	overfill, overcrowd	polnit’	fill	m
pererabotat’	work too long	rabotat’	work	m
pererasti	to be too old or big for	rasti	grow	m
peresidet’	out-sit, outstay; sit too long	sidet’	sit	m
peresolit’	oversalt	solit’	salt	m
perespat’	oversleep	spat’	sleep	m
perestarat’sja	overdo, put too much effort into smth	starat’sja	try, make an effort	m
peresušit’	overdry	sušit’	dry (transitive)	m
peretjanut’	pull in too tight	tjanut’	pull	m
perevarit’	overcook	varit’	cook	m

Specialized Perfectives (16)

Natural Perfectives: not attested

4. REDO

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perebintovat’	put a new bandage on	bintovat’	bandage	m
perebit’	re-upholster; beat up again (a pillow; feather-bed)	bit’	beat	m
perebrat’	turn over in one’s mind	brat’	take	m
perečitat’	re-read	čitat’	read	m
peredelat’	redo	delat’	do	m
peredumat’	rethink, change one’s mind	dumat’	think	m
pereigrat’	play again	igrat’	play, act	m
pereimenovat’	rename	imenovat’	name	m
perekrasit’	re-dye, re-paint, re-color	krasit’	paint	m
perekryt’	re-cover	kryt’	cover	m
perelit’	recast a metal object	lit’	cast	m
perepečatat’	reprint	pečatat’	print out	m
perepisat’	rewrite	pisat’	write	m
pereplesti	braid again, plait again	plesti	plait, braid	m
perepravit’	correct	pravit’	correct proofs	m
pererabotat’	re-make, re-cast, re-shape	rabotat’	work	m
peresmotret’	re-consider, change opinion	smotret’	look	m
perestroit’(sja)	rebuild, reconstruct, re-shape	stroit’(sja)	build	m
peretjanut’	stretch again	tjanut’	stretch	m
perevarit’	cook again	varit’	cook	m
perevesit’	weigh again	vešat’	weight smth	m
perevjazat’	knit again	vjazat’	knit	m
perezvonit’	call again	zvonit’	call, ring	m

Specialized Perfectives (23)

Natural Perfectives: not attested

5. DURATION / OVERCOME

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perebolet’	recover, become well again	bolet’	be ill	m
peregoret’	burn out, fuse; burn through	goret’	burn	m
perespat’	spend the night	spat’	sleep	m
pereterpet’	suffer through to the end	terpet’	suffer, endure	m
perevarit’	digest	varit’	cook	m
pereždat’	wait through	ždat’	wait	m
perežit’	live through, experience	žit’	live	m

Specialized Perfectives (7)

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perenočevat’	spend the night	nočevat’	spend the night	m
perezimovat’	spend the winter	zimovat’	spend the winter	m

Natural Perfectives (2)

6. BRIDGE

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perebintovat’	put a bandage over	bintovat’	bandage	n
peredraznit’	ape, mimic	draznit’	tease	m
peregnut’(sja)	bend over	gnut’(sja)	bend	n
peregovorit’	discuss, talk over (the phone)	govorit’	talk	m
perevjazat’	put a bandage over	vjazat’	tie	n
perezvonit’	call back	zvonit’	ring, call	m

Specialized Perfectives (6)

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perekrestit’(sja)	to make the sign of the cross over	krestit’(sja)	to make the sign of the cross over	n

Natural Perfectives (1)

7. TURN OVER

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perekosit’	warp, distort	kosit’	twist, squint	n
perelistat’	turn over pages	listat’	turn pages	n

Specialized Perfectives (2)

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perelicevat’	turn inside out (of clothing)	licevat’	turn inside out (of clothing)	n

Natural Perfectives (1)

8. MIX

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
peremešat’(sja)	intermingle, shuffle	mešat’(sja)	mix	n
pereplesti(s’)	interweave	plesti(s’)	weave	n

Specialized Perfectives (2)

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
pereputat’(sja)	entangle, mix up	putat’(sja)	entangle, mix up	n/m
peretasovat’	shuffle (cards)	tasovat’	shuffle (cards)	n

Natural Perfectives (2)

9. DIVIDE

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perebit’	interrupt; intercept (cross someone’s path); break (e.g. a leg)	bit’	beat	n
peregorodit’	partition off, barrier	gorodit’	partition, fence	n
perekryt’	close, cut off, dam (a river)	kryt’	cover	n
perelomit’(sja)	break in two, fracture	lomit’(sja)	break	n
pererezat’	cut across	rezat’	cut	n
pereryt’	dig across	ryt’	dig	n
pereseč’(sja)	cut off	seč’(sja)	cut	n

Specialized Perfectives (7)

Natural Perfectives: not attested

10. SERIATIM

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
perebit’	break (all the dishes); slaughter	bit’	break; beat	m
perebolet’	have had many diseases	bolet’	be ill	m
perebrat’	sort out, look through	brat’	take	m
perečitat’	read (all the books)	čitat’	read	m
peredelat’	finish everything one had to do	delat’	do	m
peregovorit’	out-talk, talk about everything	govorit’	talk	m
pereigrat’	play (all the games)	igrat’	play	m
perekosit’	mow all of, a large area of	kosit’	cut, mow	m
perekrasit’	paint all of	krasit’	paint	m
perelomat’	break all of	lomat’	break	m
perepisat’	make a list of all that is present	pisat’	write	m
pereprobovat’	taste, try many things	probovat’	try, taste	m
perepugat’	frighten many people	pugat’	frighten	m
pererezat’	slaughter all of	rezat’	cut, slaughter	m
pereseč’	flog, beat all	seč’	flog, beat	m
peresmotret’	have seen all (e.g. movies)	smotret’	look, watch	m
perestreljat’	shoot all of (e.g. people), use up all ammunition	streljat’	shoot	m

Specialized Perfectives (17)

Natural Perfectives: not attested

11. THOROUGH

Lemma	Gloss	Base	Base gloss	n/m
peredumat’	do a great deal of thinking	dumat’	think	m
perepačkat’	stain all over	pačkat’	stain, make dirty	m
perepugat’(sja)	frighten thoroughly	pugat’(sja)	frighten	m
pereryt’	dig up	ryt’	dig	m
perevesti(s’)	destroy, exterminate; spend, use up in vain	vesti	lead	m

Specialized Perfectives (5)

Natural Perfectives: not attested