отлета́ть

rare #16829

verbimperfective perfective is отлете́ть

1.
to fly away, to fly off, to take off, to depart (by air)
Наш самолёт отлета́ет в шесть у́тра.
Our plane leaves at six in the morning.
Imperfective; perfective partner: отлететь.
2.
to rebound, to bounce back, to bounce off
Мяч отлета́ет от стены пря́мо ко мне.
The ball bounces off the wall straight back to me.
Imperfective; perfective partner: отлететь.
3.
to come off, to fall off, to break off
У э́того пальто́ постоя́нно отлета́ют пу́говицы.
The buttons on this coat keep coming off.
Of buttons, handles etc.; imperfective, perfective partner: отлететь.
4.
(rare) to have been flying (for a time), to have completed a flight, to finish flyingaviation
Он отлета́л два́дцать лет.
He flew for twenty years.
Perfective, with a time expression; same meaning as отлётывать.

Motion info

отлета́ть is derived from the multidirectional verb of motion лета́ть with prefix от- (move away from).

Изоляция, выкусываемая мастером, отлетала кусками.
The insulation being cut away by the technician came off in chunks.
Старый лак, соскабливаемый мастером, отлетал кусками
The old varnish being scraped off by the master came off in chunks.

Imperative
ты	отлета́й
вы	отлета́йте

Active present	отлета́ющий	flying away, departing, detaching, coming off
Active past	отлета́вший	flown away, departed (by flight)
Passive present	-
Passive past	отлётанный	flown, completed (of flight/flying time)
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	отлетав отлетавши	while doing (past)

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