затека́ть

rare #31581

verbimperfective perfective is зате́чь

1.
to go numb, to become numb, to fall asleep (of a limb)
Нога́ затека́ет, е́сли до́лго так сиде́ть.
Your leg goes numb if you sit like that for a long time.
Typically of arms, legs or feet after sitting or lying in one position.
2.
to flow in, to seep in, to leak in, to get in (of liquid)
Вода́ затека́ет под дверь.
Water is seeping in under the door.
Of water or another liquid getting under or into something.
3.
to swell up, to become swollen, to puff up
После уда́ра глаз стал затека́ть.
After the blow the eye started to swell up.
Often of an eye or face after a blow.
4.
(rare) to fill with blood, to become suffused with bloodmedicine
Ме́сто уши́ба затека́ет кро́вью.
The bruised spot is filling with blood.
Of a bruise or injured spot.

Examples

Не сиди так долго, у тебя затекают ноги.
Don't sit like that for so long, or your legs will go numb.
Рука стала затекать, потому что я спал на ней.
My arm began to go numb because I had slept on it.
Вода начала затекать в подвал через щели.
Water began seeping into the basement through the cracks.

Imperative
ты	затека́й
вы	затека́йте

Active present	затека́ющий	flowing in, seeping in, streaming into
Active past	затека́вший	having flowed in, having seeped in
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	затека́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	затекав затекавши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
втека́ть	в-	to flow
вытека́ть	вы-	to flow out; to flow out of; to follow
дотека́ть	до-	to flow to the end
затека́ть	за-	to go numb; to flow in; to swell up; to fill with blood