запо́й

rare #18991nounmasculineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    drinking bout, binge, bender

    Он ушёл в запо́й на целую неде́лю.

    He went on a bender for a whole week.

    Refers to a days-long, often recurring bout of heavy drinking; common in уйти в запой 'go on a bender'. The instrumental запоем also means 'avidly' (читать запоем 'read voraciously').

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SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

запо́й

запо́и

Gen.Genitive

запо́я

запо́ев

Dat.Dative

запо́ю

запо́ям

Acc.Accusative

запо́й

запо́и

Inst.Instrumental

запо́ем

запо́ями

Prep.Prepositional

запо́е

запо́ях

Word familyзапо́йPRO

  • запо́йdrinking bout; sing (imperative)
    nounmasculine
  • запо́йныйchronically drunk; binge drinker
    adjective

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  • Iron edited translation 2 months ago.
  • Sandy edited translation 1 year ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • jwhitlaw edited translation 8 years ago.