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) drunk
Друзья́ наро́чно напа́ивали его на ка́ждой вечери́нке.
His friends deliberately got him drunk at every party.
Colloquial.
- 3.
to suffuse, to fill (with a scent), to saturate
Цвету́щие ли́пы напа́ивают во́здух арома́том.
The blossoming lindens fill the air with fragrance.
Figurative; 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.
- 5.
(rare) to solder (a quantity of)technology
За сме́ну он напа́ивает со́тню конта́ктов.
In one shift he solders a hundred contacts.
Of an amount of work completed.
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 weeks ago.
Lucian edited verb basics 6 years ago.



















