обсыпать

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Russian

Etymology 1

об- (ob-) +‎ сы́пать (sýpatʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

обсы́пать (obsýpatʹpf (imperfective обсыпа́ть) (the impf./pf. forms differ in the word stress in the infinitive and the conjugation)

  1. (also impersonal) to cover by sprinkling, to sprinkle over
    меня́ обсы́пало сне́гомmenjá obsýpalo snégomI was covered in snow
  2. to cover densely, to dot
  3. to cause (something loose) to fall
  4. (colloquial, impersonal) to cover with a rash
    его́ лицо́ обсы́пало пры́щикамиjevó licó obsýpalo prýščikamihis face was covered with pimples
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Etymology 2

обсы́пать (obsýpatʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

обсыпа́ть (obsypátʹimpf (perfective обсы́пать) (the impf./pf. forms differ in the word stress in the infinitive and the conjugation)

  1. (also impersonal) to cover by sprinkling, to sprinkle over
    меня́ обсыпа́ет сне́гомmenjá obsypájet snégomI am covered in snow
  2. to cover densely, to dot
  3. to cause (something loose) to fall
  4. (colloquial, impersonal) to cover with a rash
    его́ лицо́ обсыпа́ет пры́щикамиjevó licó obsypájet prýščikamihis face is covered with pimples
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