валя́ться

fairly common #2162C1

1.
to lie around, to lounge about, to laze around
Дово́льно вам валя́ться, пойдём погуля́ем!
Enough lying around, let's go for a walk!
Often with a hint of disapproval: doing nothing useful.
2.
to lie around (of things), to be scattered about
Твои́ игру́шки валя́ются по всей ко́мнате.
Your toys are lying all over the room.
3.
to roll around, to roll from side to side, to wallow
Соба́ка валя́ется в сне́гу.
The dog is rolling around in the snow.

Examples

Перекушенный карандаш валялся под столом.
The bitten-through pencil was lying under the table.
Разломанная игрушка валялась на полу.
The broken toy was lying on the floor.
Разодранный плакат валялся на полу.
The torn poster was lying on the floor.
Обглоданное яблоко валялось в траве.
A gnawed apple lay in the grass.
Сплюнутый на пол окурок валялся у двери.
The cigarette butt spat onto the floor lay by the door.
Я ничего вчера́ вечером не де́лал. Просто валя́лся на дива́не!
I didn't do anything yesterday evening. I just lay around on the sofa!
Полистанный каталог валялся возле кассы.
A thumbed-through catalog was lying near the checkout.
На чердаке валялась старая рухлядь.
There was old junk lying around in the attic.

Imperative
ты	валя́йся
вы	валя́йтесь

Active present	валя́ющийся	lying around, lying about, discarded
Active past	валя́вшийся	lying around, that was lying, left lying
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	валя́ясь	while doing (present)
Gerund past	валявшись	while doing (past)

валя́тьto roll; to play the fool
verbimperfective
изваля́тьto make dirty
verbperfective
наваля́тьto beat up; to botch; to pile up; to felt (make by felting)
verbperfective
обваля́тьto coat by rolling; to roll (something) in
verbperfective
поваля́тьto roll
verbperfective

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(Derived from валя́ть.)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
валя́ться	-	to lie around; to lie around (of things); to roll around
заваля́ться	за-	to not be duly attended to
проваля́ться	про-	to lie around

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