напа́ивать
- 1.
to give to drink, to water (livestock)
Пасту́х напа́ивает коро́в у реки́.
The shepherd waters the cows at the river.
Imperfective of напоить.
- 2.
to make drunk, to ply with drink, to get (someone) drunkcolloquial
Друзья́ наро́чно напа́ивали его на ка́ждой вечери́нке.
His friends deliberately got him drunk at every party.
- 3.
to suffuse, to fill (with a scent), to saturatefigurative
Цвету́щие ли́пы напа́ивают во́здух арома́том.
The blossoming lindens fill the air with fragrance.
Usually of air filled with scent.
- 4.
to solder on, to braze ontechnology
Ма́стер напа́ивает ру́чку на кры́шку.
The craftsman solders the handle onto the lid.
Imperfective of напаять.
Examples
Мастер напаивает контакты паяльником.
The technician solders the contacts with a soldering iron.
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | - | напа́иваю |
| ты | - | напа́иваешь |
| он/она́/оно́ | - | напа́ивает |
| мы | - | напа́иваем |
| вы | - | напа́иваете |
| они́ | - | напа́ивают |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | напа́ивай |
| вы | напа́ивайте |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | напа́ивал |
| feminine | напа́ивала |
| neuter | напа́ивало |
| plural | напа́ивали |
Participles
| Active present | watering, giving drink to | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | who was watering (animals), who was giving enough to drink | |
| Passive present | being watered, being given drink, being sufficiently supplied with liquid | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | напа́ивая | while doing (present) |
| Gerund past | напаивав напаивавши | while doing (past) |
Prefix groupPRO
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| впа́ивать | в- | to solder in; to impose (a punishment); to land (a blow) |
| запа́ивать | за- | to solder up |
| напа́ивать | на- | to give to drink; to make drunk; to suffuse; to solder on; to solder (a quantity of) |
| отпа́ивать | от- | to unsolder; to rear on milk; to nurse back to health with drinks; to give (milk) as an antidote |
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Iron edited translation 2 months ago.
Lucian edited verb basics 7 years ago.



















