намочить

Russian

Etymology

на- (na-) +‎ мочи́ть (močítʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nəmɐˈt͡ɕitʲ]

Verb

намочи́ть • (namočítʹpf (imperfective нама́чивать)

  1. to wet, to moisten
    Imperfectives: мочи́ть (močítʹ), нама́чивать (namáčivatʹ)
  2. to soak, to steep
    Imperfectives: мочи́ть (močítʹ), нама́чивать (namáčivatʹ)
  3. (colloquial, perfective only, transitive) to splash, to spill water on
  4. to prepare or preserve by soaking in water [with accusative or genitive ‘something, usually a specified quantity of a foodstuff’]

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • нама́чиваться impf (namáčivatʹsja), намочи́ться pf (namočítʹsja)
  • нама́чивание (namáčivanije)