dab russian

• мазо́к

  dab, stroke, touch, smear

• ля́пать

  to slap, to smack, to dab clumsily, to smear sloppily

  to blurt out, to say thoughtlessly, to make a gaffe

• подуши́ться

  to put on some perfume, to spray oneself with perfume, to dab on some perfume

• мазну́ть

  to dab, to smear, to brush lightly, to touch lightly

  to slap, to clout, to give a smack

• пома́зывать

  to smear, to anoint, to dab, to grease

• промокну́ть

  to blot or dab liquid

• красочка

  little paint, paint (endearing), dab of colour

• балова́ться

  to fool around, to play about, to misbehave, to get up to mischief

  to mess around with, to play with, to fiddle with

  to indulge in (occasionally), to dabble in, to treat oneself to

• дилета́нт

  amateur, dilettante, dabbler

• поде́лывать

  to do from time to time, to dabble in, to tinker with, to do occasionally

• маца́

  matzoth

  dabber, inking pad, inking roller

  maulstick, mahlstick

• побалова́ться

  to dabble, to play around, to indulge in

• приторго́вывать

  to trade on the side, to dabble in trade, to do a little trading

• даба́

  daba -> Chinese woven fabric (made from paper or cotton)

• поковыря́ть

  to pick at, to poke at, to scratch at, to dabble in

• плеска́ние

  splashing, dabbling, lapping

• люби́тельство

  amateurism, amateur pursuit, hobby

  amateurishness, dilettantism, dabbling

• плеска́ющийся

  splashing, lapping, dabbling

• верхогля́д

  smatterer, superficial person, dabbler, dilettante

  skygazer, predatory carp

• верхогля́дка

  superficial person, shallow person, dabbler

• пои́грывавший

  playing (a little), toying (with), dabbling (in)

• полоска́вшийся

  who had been rinsing, who had been splashing, that had been dabbling

• бултыха́вшийся

  splashing, floundering, dabbling, wallowing

• примачивавший

  moistening, dabbing

• приторго́вывавший

  who dabbled in trade, who did a little trading, having dabbled in trade

• химичивший

  who had been dabbling in chemistry, who had been experimenting with chemicals (informally)

Examples

• Даба часто использовалась для повседневной одежды.

  Daba was often used for everyday clothing.

• Эту ткань, дабу, ткали вручную.

  This fabric, daba, was woven by hand.

• Даба была дешёвым материалом для бедных семей.

  Daba was an inexpensive material for poor families.

• Ребёнок мазнул краской по стене.

  The child dabbed paint onto the wall.

• Мама помазывала мне ранку йодом каждый вечер.

  Mom dabbed iodine on my wound every evening.

• Мальчик, примачивающий ссадину, тихо морщился от боли.

  The boy, dabbing his abrasion, quietly winced with pain.

• Сестра, примачивавшая рану, наконец закончила.

  The sister, who had been dabbing the wound, finally finished.

• Врач, примачивавший больному лоб, был очень внимателен.

  The doctor, who had been dabbing the patient's forehead, was very attentive.

• Женщина, примачивавшая порез, попросила бинт.

  The woman, who had been dabbing the cut, asked for a bandage.

• Приторговывавший старыми книгами дедушка знал многих коллекционеров.

  The grandfather who dabbled in selling old books knew many collectors.