при́пай

nounmasculineinanimateuncountable

1.
fast ice, shore-fast ice, fast shore icegeography
У бе́рега образова́лся при́пай.
Fast ice formed along the shore.
Term of polar geography and navigation: ice frozen fast to the coast.

Examples

Корабль застрял во льдах у припая.
The ship got stuck in the ice near the fast shore ice.
Рыбаки шли по припаю к морю.
The fishermen walked across the fast shore ice toward the sea.
Весной припай начинает таять и трескаться.
In spring, the fast shore ice begins to melt and crack.