накрыть

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Russian

Etymology

на- (na-) +‎ крыть (krytʹ)

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  • Rhymes: -ɨtʲ

Verb

накры́ть (nakrýtʹpf (imperfective накрыва́ть)

  1. to cover (from above, e.g. with a lid)
    • 1952, “Молочные и яичные блюда. Яичница-глазунья”, in Книга о вкусной и здоровой пище, Москва: Пищепромиздат; English translation from The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, (Please provide a date or year):
      Е́сли нет духово́го шка́фа, сковороду́ с я́йцами во вре́мя жа́рения сле́дует накры́ть кры́шкой и́ли таре́лкой.
      Jésli net duxovóvo škáfa, skovorodú s jájcami vo vrémja žárenija slédujet nakrýtʹ krýškoj íli tarélkoj.
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  2. (military) to hit, to place fire on a target, to trap (from above, e.g. of artillery fire or bombing)
  3. (intransitive) to lay (a table)
    накры́ть на столnakrýtʹ na stolto lay the table
  4. (colloquial) to catch (in the act)

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