отма́хивать
- 1.
to wave away, to shoo away, to brush off
Он отма́хивал ве́ткой комаро́в.
He was waving the mosquitoes away with a branch.
Usually of insects; with an instrumental of what one waves.
- 2.
to cover (a distance), to do (so many kilometres), to walk (a long way)
Мы отма́хивали по три́дцать километров в день.
We were covering thirty kilometres a day.
Colloquial; of covering a long stretch in one go.
Examples
Conjugation
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | отма́хиваю | бу́ду отма́хивать |
| ты | отма́хиваешь | бу́дешь отма́хивать |
| он/она́/оно́ | отма́хивает | бу́дет отма́хивать |
| мы | отма́хиваем | бу́дем отма́хивать |
| вы | отма́хиваете | бу́дете отма́хивать |
| они́ | отма́хивают | бу́дут отма́хивать |
| Imperative | |
|---|---|
| ты | отма́хивай |
| вы | отма́хивайте |
| Past | |
|---|---|
| masculine | отма́хивал |
| feminine | отма́хивала |
| neuter | отма́хивало |
| plural | отма́хивали |
Participles
| Active present | warding off, brushing off, waving off, shooing away | |
|---|---|---|
| Active past | waving away, brushing off, fending off | |
| Passive present | being swatted away, being waved away, being brushed off, being fended off | |
| Passive past | - | |
| Gerund present | отма́хивая | while doing (present) |
| Gerund past | отмахивав отмахивавши | while doing (past) |
Prefix groupPRO
| Verb | Prefix | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| взма́хивать | вз- | to flap |
| выма́хивать | вы- | to shoot up; to drive out; to shake out; to leap out |
| обма́хивать | об- | to fan |
| отма́хивать | от- | to wave away; to cover (a distance) |
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Lisa edited verb basics 7 years ago.
