поплы́ть

uncommon #6550C2

verbperfective imperfective is плыть

1.
to start swimming, to set sail, to swim off, to sail
Кора́бль поплы́л к о́строву.
The ship set sail toward the island.
Perfective, unidirectional: marks the start of movement through water in one direction.
2.
to float, to drift
Ли́стья поплы́ли по реке́.
The leaves began to drift down the river.
Of things carried by water or air (leaves, boats, clouds).

Motion info

поплы́ть is derived from the unidirectional verb of motion плыть.

Мы сели в старый каюк и поплыли по реке.
We got into an old canoe and set off down the river.
Я поплы́л к берегу.
I swam toward the shore.
Рыбаки поплыли на моторке к другому берегу.
The fishermen went by motorboat to the other shore.
Том пры́гнул в во́ду и поплы́л на другу́ю сто́рону.
Tom plunged into the water and swam to the other side.
Мы поплыли на катамаране по озеру.
We went out on the lake in a catamaran.
Мы взяли каяк напрокат и поплыли по реке.
We rented a kayak and paddled down the river.
Мы поплыли по реке на плоскодонке.
We went down the river in a flat-bottomed boat.
Рабочие налегли на весла и поплыли быстрее.
The rowers dug into their oars and sped up.

Imperative
ты	поплыви́
вы	поплыви́те

Active present	-
Active past	поплы́вший	melted, runny, smudged, smeared
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	поплы́в поплывши	while doing (past)

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