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зава́л

uncommon #7652
nounmasculineinanimateuncountable
  • 1.

    blockage, pile of rubble, obstruction (of fallen trees or stones)

    Доро́гу перегороди́л зава́л из упа́вших дере́вьев.

    A blockage of fallen trees closed off the road.

    Of a road, path or river blocked by fallen material; also of a snowdrift blocking the way.

  • 2.

    cave-in, collapsemining

    Спаса́тели разбира́ли зава́л в ша́хте.

    Rescuers were clearing the cave-in in the mine.

    Of mines and tunnels; often with людей засыпало завалом.

  • 3.

    backlog, pile-up, heap of accumulated things

    На рабо́те у меня́ зава́л с отчётами.

    I have a backlog of reports at work.

    Colloquial.

  • 4.

    being swamped, overload

    У меня́ сейча́с по́лный зава́л.

    I'm completely swamped right now.

    Colloquial: у меня завал 'I'm swamped'.

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

зава́л

зава́лы

Gen.Genitive

зава́ла

зава́лов

Dat.Dative

зава́лу

зава́лам

Acc.Accusative

зава́л

зава́лы

Inst.Instrumental

зава́лом

зава́лами

Prep.Prepositional

зава́ле

зава́лах

Word familyзава́лPRO

  • зава́лblockage; cave-in; backlog; being swamped
    nounmasculine
  • зава́лкаcharging; charge
    nounfeminine
  • зава́ливатьсяto fall (behind something); to flop down; to collapse; to fail (an exam); to be packed (with)
    verbimperfective

Related words

See also

  • вали́тьto knock down; to fell (trees); to dump; to shift (blame) onto; to get out; to stream 

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 5 days ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • RandysPudge edited translation 4 years ago.