how to pronounce лепить

/lʲɪˈpʲitʲ/

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лепить is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

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pʲ

tʲ

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An example use of лепить in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… тогда из нее стали лепить врага системы …”

meanings of лепить

verb:

To slap, to smack.
To build, to make (cells, a nest, etc.).
To stick on.
To babble.
To model, to sculpt, to fashion, to shape.

лепить frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word лепить occurs in russian on average 9.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.