подсыпать

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Russian

Etymology 1

From под- (pod-) +‎ сы́пать (sýpatʹ). Compare Czech podsypat, Kashubian pòdsëpac, Polish podsypać, and Silesian podsypać.

Pronunciation

Verb

подсы́пать (podsýpatʹpf (imperfective подсыпа́ть) (the impf./pf. forms differ in the word stress in the infinitive and the conjugation)

  1. to pour a bit more of
  2. to pour stealthily (e.g. poison)
  3. to increase the height of (something) by pouring
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Etymology 2

подсы́пать (podsýpatʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

подсыпа́ть (podsypátʹimpf (perfective подсы́пать) (the impf./pf. forms differ in the word stress in the infinitive and the conjugation)

  1. to pour a bit more of
  2. to pour stealthily (e.g. poison)
  3. to increase the height of (something) by pouring
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Derived terms