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напа́ивать

rare #50399
verbperfective
  • 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.

    (rareto 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

Conjugation

PresentFuture
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

напа́ивающий

watering, giving drink to

Active past

напа́ивавший

who was watering (animals), who was giving enough to drink

Passive present

напа́иваемый

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

VerbPrefixMeaning
впа́иватьв-to solder in; to impose (a punishment); to land (a blow)
запа́иватьза-to solder up
напа́иватьна-to give to drink; to make drunk; to suffuse; to solder on; to solder (a quantity of)
отпа́иватьот-to unsolder; to rear on milk; to nurse back to health with drinks; to give (milk) as an antidote
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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
  • Lucian edited verb basics 6 years ago.