посыпать

Russian

Etymology 1

по- (po-) +‎ сы́пать (sýpatʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈsɨpətʲ]

Verb

посы́пать • (posýpatʹpf (imperfective сы́пать or посыпа́ть) (the impf./pf. forms differ in the word stress in the infinitive and the conjugation)

  1. to pour (of friable/solid objects, such as sands, not liquids; sometimes used figuratively)
  2. to sprinkle, to strew
  3. (colloquial, intransitive) to start falling (of precipitation like rain or snow)
  4. (figuratively, colloquial, intransitive) to start saying words frequently
  5. to start saying quickly
  6. (colloquial, intransitive) to dash quickly (for many entities)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

посы́пать (posýpatʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəsɨˈpatʲ]

Verb

посыпа́ть • (posypátʹimpf (perfective посы́пать) (the impf./pf. forms differ in the word stress in the infinitive and the conjugation)

  1. to pour (of friable/solid objects, such as sands, not liquids; sometimes used figuratively)
  2. to scatter (on a surface)
  3. to sprinkle, to strew
Conjugation

Derived terms

  • посыпа́ние n (posypánije)