накры́ть
- 1.
to cover, to cover up
Она́ накры́ла ребёнка одея́лом.
She covered the child with a blanket.
Imperfective partner: накрывать
- 2.
to set (the table), to lay (the table)
Накро́й на стол, гости уже́ иду́т!
Set the table, the guests are on their way!
usually with на стол or стол as object
- 3.
to catch red-handed, to nab, to bust
Ша́йку накры́ли при ограбле́нии магази́на.
The gang was caught robbing a shop.
colloquial; often of police catching criminals
Examples
Девушка, пригласившая гостей, накрыла стол.
The girl who had invited the guests set the table.
Пото́к грязи, накрыв кита́йскую нача́льную шко́лу, уби́л 18 дете́й.
A mudflow, burying a Chinese elementary school, killed 18 children.
Ма́ма попроси́ла меня накры́ть на стол.
My mother asked me to set the table.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | накро́ю |
| ты | - | накро́ешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | накро́ет |
| мы | - | накро́ем |
| вы | - | накро́ете |
| они́ | - | накро́ют |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | накро́й |
| вы | накро́йте |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | накры́л |
| feminine | накры́ла |
| neuter | накры́ло |
| plural | накры́ли |
Participles
| Active present | - | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | having covered, that covered | |
| Passive present | - | |
| Passive past | covered, covered up | |
| Gerund present | - | |
| Gerund past | накры́в накрывши | while doing (past) |
Word familyкрытьPRO
Prefix groupPRO
(Derived from крыть.)
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| накры́ть | на- | to cover; to set (the table); to catch red-handed |
| накры́ться | на- | to cover oneself (with); to fail |
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Dumbysol edited verb basics 4 years ago.
