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

Старые калоши валялись у порога.
Old galoshes lay scattered by the doorstep.
На земле валялись стреляные гильзы.
Spent shell casings lay scattered on the ground.
В подвале валялась старая ржавая арматура.
Old rusty reinforcing bars lay scattered in the basement.
Расколоченное стекло валялось у входа в дом.
Shattered glass lay scattered by the entrance to the house.
На полу у бара валялась пустая плевательница.
An empty spittoon was lying on the floor by the bar.
В гараже валяется куча ржавых железок.
There’s a pile of rusty pieces of metal lying around in the garage.
Затащенный собакой ботинок валялся посреди двора.
The boot dragged in by the dog was lying in the middle of the yard.
Попахивавшая плесенью книга давно валялась в подвале.
The book, which smelled of mold, had been lying in the basement for a long time.

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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